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TC CAT: Documentary Series – June
This June, the Tri-Cities Community Action Team (TC CAT) invites you to a series of…
April 14th: A Day to Remember and Reignite Action in the Toxic Drug Crisis
To grasp the gravity of the ongoing toxic drug crisis, it’s vital to understand its…
Criminalizing public space through a decriminalization framework: The paradox of British Columbia, Canada – ScienceDirect
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0955395924003724 Tyson Singh Kelsall ab, Jasmine Veark c, Molly Beatrice ad International Journal of Drug Policy Volume 136, February 2025, 104688 Abstract This commentary…
Supporting People Who Use Substances During Extreme Cold Events
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9 supervised injection sites across province approved for transition to treatment hubs
https://toronto.citynews.ca/2025/01/02/9-supervised-injection-sites-across-province-approved-for-transition-to-treatment-hubs By Michael Talbot Posted January 2, 2025 11:32 am. Last Updated January 2, 2025 7:46…
Explaining Approaches to Youth Substance Use in School Settings Resource
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Key findings: Opioid- and Stimulant-related Harms in Canada
The most recent available data on overdoses and deaths involving opioids and/or stimulants from January…
The burden of drug overdose deaths among correctional populations: implications for interventions | CMAJ
https://www.cmaj.ca/content/196/43/E1414 Benedikt Fischer, Elnaz Moghimi and John Weekes CMAJ December 16, 2024 196 (43) E1414-E1416; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.241661 KEY POINTS Correctional populations are characterized…
Trends in School Mental Health and Substance Use Education
https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/article-abstract/2827950 Chloe Gao, BHSc1,2; Donald Szlosek, MS3; Anthony Zhong, MA4; et alScott E. Hadland, MD, MPH, MS4,5; Sarah S. Benes, EdD, MPH6 Author Affiliations JAMA. 2025;333(2):169-172. doi:10.1001/jama.2024.24579 December 12, 2024…
Take-Home Naloxone, Release From Jail, and Opioid Overdose—A Piece of the Puzzle | Law and Medicine | JAMA Network Open
December 10, 2024 https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamanetworkopen/fullarticle/2827631 Dylan Rose Balter, BA1; Benjamin A. Howell, MD, MPH, MHS2,3,4 Author Affiliations Article Information JAMA Netw Open. 2024;7(12):e2448667. doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2024.48667 Incarceration…
International Overdose Awareness Day 2024
September 16, 2024 International Overdose Awareness Day 2024 Our event was held at Blue Mountain…