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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…
Tri-Cities Community Action Team Brings Attention to Ongoing Crisis on Overdose Awareness Day
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IjPAZwWr6T4
New drop-in addiction recovery centre opens in North Vancouver
lhttps://www.nsnews.com/in-the-community/new-drop-in-addiction-recovery-centre-opens-in-north-vancouver-9454721 If you’re looking for help in your recovery from substance-use issues, there’s a new…
TED MED – Carl Hart – Let’s Quit Abusing Drug Users
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C9HMifCoSko May 19, 2015 781,517 views • May 19, 2015 Carl Hart, Associate Professor of…
Healing Indigenous Hearts: training peer leaders for grief support groups after toxic drug poisoning deaths
Jul 26, 2024 https://www.fnha.ca/about/news-and-events/news/healing-indigenous-hearts-training-peer-leaders-for-grief-support-groups-after-toxic-drug-poisoning-deaths?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Purple%20lapel%20pins%20%20building%20relationships%20%20and%20more&utm_content=Purple%20lapel%20pins%20%20building%20relationships%20%20and%20more+CID_39a340db97b55ffcab9d763e50badd43&utm_source=Email%20marketing%20software&utm_term=Read%20more A message from the FNHA’s Office of the Chief Medical Officer…
Cannabis could help people cut down or stop opioid use, research shows
https://www.theguardian.com/society/article/2024/aug/12/weed-help-cut-opioid-use?_cldee=srCn3vQ0OZoKJNwmmwtvS24q2pV7-Ec6ko_dM1BNmCMSaB2tjEC3qJaIgRXEE6S0&recipientid=contact-68ab2b49ceb4ed11b596000d3a09c3d2-8c5a2a2f3f0443f783b61393da9c9730&esid=2214c21e-8359-ef11-bfe3-6045bd5e92cc USC study finds cannabis can help manage withdrawal symptoms, as well as cravings and…