Resources

On January 27 to 28, 2025, the Ontario Drug Policy Research Network (ODPRN) hosted a Community Substance Use Forum, “Together for Change”.

This is a report from the government of Canada highlighting the emergence of Xylazine in the unregulated drug supply. 

This evaluation report explores the implementation and impacts of the Prescribed Alternatives and Outreach (PAO) program at the Hamilton Urban Core Community Health Centre.

This report aims to provide the results of the program evaluation of the safer supply pilot program in Thunder Bay, ON from October 2022 to March 2024.

This report focuses on participant experiences of the Peterborough Safer Supply Program (SSP ).

This Health Canada funded project is called “Embedding a Safer Supply Program (SSP) in a Smaller Urban Community” and represents a unique opportunity to pilot Safer Supply in a small city of approx

This report presents an overview of the Safer Supply Ottawa program, as well as the results of a Safer Stimulant Supply program evaluation conducted in the spring and summer of 2024.

Summarizes the Timmins Summit, held in partnership with the City of Timmins.

The Government of Ontario has announced plans to close five of 10 sites in Toronto by March 2025, and another site is likely to close after its lease expires.

The global spread of harm reduction services continues to stall – a continuation of a trend first observed in 2012.

This report reviews all accidental and undetermined youth unregulated drug toxicity deaths that occurred in B.C. between January 1, 2019, and December 31, 2023.

This report summarizes the literature on ketamine as a treatment for adults with substance use disorders.

This is a report on a study which sought to identify how many healthcare workers use stigmatizing language when writing about people with opioid use disorder in their

This report summarizes the first year of operations of two Overdose Prevention Centers (OPC) in NYC.

This report by the Chief Medical Officer of Health for Ontario identifies trends in substance use related harms (especially tobacco and alcohol).