Resources

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Holding and Untangling - A Lived Experience Lens: Women & Gender Expansive Populations' Access to Supervised Consumption/Overdose Prevention Sites

Report | 2024

Sex/Gender , 2SLGBTQI+, About PWUD, SCS/OPS, Barriers and enablers

B.C.’s Toxic Drug Crisis: Implementation of Harm Reduction Programs

Report | 2024

Policy/Regulatory, Safer supply, Barriers and enablers, Hesitancy of prescribers

Prescribing patterns, substance use disorder diagnoses, and access to treatment prior to substance-related toxicity deaths in Ontario: Stimulant, opioid, benzodiazepine, and alcohol-related deaths

Report | 2024

Mortality

Urgent and long overdue: legal reform and drug decriminalization in Canada

Report | 2024

Decriminalization/legalization, Legal system/law enforcement, Policy/Regulatory

A Review of Prescribed Safer Supply Programs Across British Columbia: Recommendations for Future Action

Purpose: To provide information on implementation of the provincial Prescribed Safer Supply (PSS) policy, and recommendations to improve benefits and minimize harms.

Report | 2024

Safer supply, Policy/Regulatory, Evidence base

Decriminalization of Currently Illegal Drugs in British Columbia: An Evidence Brief

Report | 2024

Decriminalization/legalization, Policy/Regulatory, Illegal drugs, Legal system/law enforcement

Safer Supply Ottawa Evaluation: Fall 2023 Report

Report | 2024

Safer supply, Evidence base, About PWUD, About prescribers, Diversion

Urgentes et attendues depuis trop longtemps : la réforme du droit en matière de drogues et la décriminalisation des drogues au Canada

Rapport | 2024

la dépénalisation / la légalisation, le régime juridique / l'application de la loi, la politique / le cadre de réglementation

Urgent and Long Overdue: Legal Reform and Drug Decriminalization in Canada

Report | 2024

Decriminalization/legalization, Legal system/law enforcement, Policy/Regulatory

A Preliminary Assessment of Short-Term Social and Substance Use-Related Outcomes Among Clients of Integrated Safer Opioid Supply Pilot Programs in Toronto, Canada

Report | 2023

Safer supply, Evidence base

Decriminalization and Harm Reduction in African Caribbean and Black Communities: Getting to Tomorrow Dialogue

Report | 2023

Equity, Decriminalization/legalization, Harm reduction, About PWUD

Évaluation pour un approvisionnement plus sécuritaire : Compte Rendu du Forum d’Échange de Connaissances de Mi-Parcours

Rapport | 2023

l'approvisionnement plus sécuritaire, la base de donnés probantes

Safer Supply Evaluation Midpoint Knowledge Exchange Forum: What We Heard Report

Report | 2023

Safer supply, Evidence base

An Urgent Response to a Continuing Crisis: Report to the Chief Coroner of British Columbia

Report | 2023

Mortality, Overdose, Policy/Regulatory, Safer supply, Decriminalization/legalization

Out of Sight, Out of Mind: Addressing the Invisible and Older Faces of Canada’s Opioid Crisis

Report | 2023

Equity, Policy/Regulatory, Hospitals

The Kitchener-Waterloo Safer Supply Program: A Collaborative Model of Care

Report | 2023

Safer supply, Evidence base, Wrap-around services, Social services, Barriers and enablers

Outcomes from the Safer Supply Program in Kitchener-Waterloo

The Kitchener-Waterloo Safer Supply Program (SSP) opened in 2021 with funding from Health Canada’s Substance Use and Addiction Program, as one of the time-limited pilot programs that offers differe

Report | 2023

Safer supply, Evidence base, Housing, Poverty, Social benefits, Wrap-around services, Social services

Incidents de surdose non mortelle dans les établissements fédéraux – 2020-2021

La présente étude, qui s’inscrit dans le cadre d’activités permanentes de surveillance, donne un aperçu des incidents de surdose non mortelle survenus dans un établissement fédéral en 2020-2021.

Rapport | 2023

la surdose, le régime juridique / l'application de la loi

Non-Fatal Overdose Incidents in Federal Custody - 2020-2021

As part of ongoing monitoring efforts, the current study provides an overview of non-fatal overdose incidents that occurred in a federal institution in 2020-2021.

Report | 2023

Overdose, Legal system/law enforcement