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Content Type: Research, Reports & Media

Organizations, Initiatives & Services, Research, Reports & Media,

HR4Homelessness – Integrating harm reduction in homeless services (2019 – 2021)

November 10, 2021
Research, Reports & Media,

Evidence Brief: Novel Non-Fentanyl Synthetic Opioids: Risk Assessment and Implications for Practice

October 28, 2021
Education & Training, Research, Reports & Media,

CATIE statement on hepatitis C treatment efficacy among people who use drugs

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September 10, 2021
Research, Reports & Media,

The drug toxicity and overdose crisis in Canada: a snapshot of what the current data tell us

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September 10, 2021
Organizations, Initiatives & Services, Research, Reports & Media,

International Overdose Awareness Day Statement – Released by Ontario Network of People Who Use Drugs (ONPUD) on August 31, 2021

August 31, 2021
Research, Reports & Media,

Cannabis for depression: How Forbes got it wrong

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August 16, 2021
Organizations, Initiatives & Services, Research, Reports & Media,

9th Symposium Report – Hitting the Mark: Ending the HIV Pandemic by Realizing Rights for People Who Use Drugs

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August 10, 2021
Multimedia Formats, Research, Reports & Media,

Drug Policy Voices: Engaging people who use drugs into debates about UK Drug Policy

August 6, 2021
Client-facing Material, Education & Training, Guidelines, Handbooks & Toolkits, Organizations, Initiatives & Services, Research, Reports & Media,

Sage: A resource-sharing community for Canadian HIV and hepatitis C service providers

August 6, 2021
Education & Training, Multimedia Formats, Research, Reports & Media,

Recognizing Expertise, Stimulus Connect Webinar

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August 5, 2021
Organizations, Initiatives & Services, Research, Reports & Media,

Statement: Drug use and drug dependency itself is not a mental health condition.

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June 28, 2021
Research, Reports & Media,

Modelling opioid-related deaths during the COVID-19 outbreak

June 25, 2021
Research, Reports & Media,

Opioid- and Stimulant-related Harms in Canada

June 23, 2021
Research, Reports & Media,

Substance-related poisonings and homelessness in Canada: a descriptive analysis of hospitalization data

June 22, 2021
Research, Reports & Media,

Five Dangerous Fentanyl Myths Debunked by Science

June 16, 2021
Organizations, Initiatives & Services, Research, Reports & Media,

Drug Analysis Service (January to March 2021) – PHAC

June 8, 2021
Organizations, Initiatives & Services, Research, Reports & Media,

Naloxone Is Not Enough: Letters From The Heart Of The Crisis

June 6, 2021
Guidelines, Handbooks & Toolkits, Research, Reports & Media,

Disrupting Current Colonial Practices Structures in the Immigration and Non-Profit Sector

May 21, 2021
Organizations, Initiatives & Services, Research, Reports & Media,

ACCHO Knowledge Network

May 20, 2021
Multimedia Formats, Research, Reports & Media,

Changing Circumstances Surrounding Opioid-Related Deaths in Ontario during the COVID-19 Pandemic | Infographic

May 19, 2021
Research, Reports & Media,

Changing Circumstances Surrounding Opioid-Related Deaths in Ontario during the COVID-19 Pandemic | Report

May 19, 2021
Research, Reports & Media,

The Methadone Manifesto: A Powerful Blow Against the Clinic System

May 12, 2021
Research, Reports & Media,

Opinion: Drug policy inertia has been driving stigma and overdoses for decades

May 11, 2021
Research, Reports & Media,

The power of patient voice: Addressing provider stigma toward opioid use disorder through personal narrative

May 11, 2021
Research, Reports & Media,

What should we do with objectionable findings?

May 10, 2021
Research, Reports & Media,

COVID-19: Focus on Substance Use and Stigma

May 9, 2021
Research, Reports & Media,

Recommendations on Alternatives to Criminal Penalties for Simple Possession of Controlled Substances

May 6, 2021
Research, Reports & Media,

We need to talk about…The purpose of drug treatment

May 4, 2021
Research, Reports & Media,

Exploring drug supply, associated violence and exploitation of vulnerable groups in Denmark

May 1, 2021
Research, Reports & Media,

Hospital stays in Canada 2019-2020

April 29, 2021
Research, Reports & Media,

A comprehensive harm reduction plan for at-risk populations is essential to Canada’s COVID-19 recovery plan

April 26, 2021
Research, Reports & Media,

Changes in substance supply and use characteristics among people who use drugs (PWUD) during the COVID-19 global pandemic: A national qualitative assessment in Canada

April 20, 2021
Multimedia Formats, OHRN Original, Research, Reports & Media,

The state of Canada’s overdose and illicit drug crisis

April 14, 2021
Research, Reports & Media,

Drug Decriminalisation: Progress or Political Red Herring?

April 12, 2021
Research, Reports & Media,

Monthly suspect drug-related deaths summary table | January 2019 – March 2021

April 9, 2021
Research, Reports & Media,

How to Formulate Drug Policies and Provide Evidence-Based Regulation

April 7, 2021
Research, Reports & Media,

Some Contributions on How to Formulate Drug Policies and Provide Evidence-Based Regulation

April 7, 2021
Multimedia Formats, Research, Reports & Media,

Characterizing prescription benzodiazepine use among community-dwelling residents of Ontario, Canada

April 1, 2021
Research, Reports & Media,

Impact of COVID-19 on drug markets, use, harms and drug services in the community and prisons

April 1, 2021
Education & Training, Research, Reports & Media,

From principle to practice: What does the literature tell us about the engagement of people who use drugs in harm reduction programming?

April 1, 2021
Education & Training, Research, Reports & Media,

What is the impact of opioid agonist therapy on hepatitis C testing and treatment for people who inject drugs?

April 1, 2021
Education & Training, Research, Reports & Media,

Safe supply: What is it and what is happening in Canada?

April 1, 2021
Research, Reports & Media,

Focus On Safe Supply: Findings From Focus Groups With People Who Use Unregulated Drugs

April 1, 2021
Research, Reports & Media,

Five things to know about… Caring for people who inject drugs when they are admitted to hospital

March 22, 2021
Research, Reports & Media,

Monthly suspect drug-related deaths summary table | January 2019-Feb 2021

March 12, 2021
Research, Reports & Media,

Women Are Leading Canada’s Safe Supply Movement

March 10, 2021
Research, Reports & Media,

Our Adulterated Supply: Underreported Complications for Opioid Users

March 9, 2021
Research, Reports & Media,

Still life with narcotics: The fine art of the drug seizure photo

March 7, 2021
Research, Reports & Media,

International approaches to drug law reform: research

March 5, 2021
Research, Reports & Media,

Most People With Addiction Outgrow It Naturally. We Need to Hear Them.

March 1, 2021
Research, Reports & Media,

Canada’s other epidemic: As overdose deaths escalate, majority favour decriminalization of drugs

February 24, 2021
Research, Reports & Media,

Impacts of overdose: Evaluating the effects of grief and loss from overdose on people who inject drugs and developing an intervention to address them

February 19, 2021
Research, Reports & Media,

Mental Health and Substance Use During COVID-19 – Spotlight on Gender and Household Size

February 17, 2021
Research, Reports & Media,

“The Times They Are a-Changin’”: Addressing Common Misconceptions About the Role of Safe Supply in North America’s Overdose Crisis

February 15, 2021
Multimedia Formats, Research, Reports & Media,

The Cost of a Crisis

February 12, 2021
Research, Reports & Media,

Opioid-related deaths by month and Public Health Unit, Ontario | January – September 2020

January 29, 2021
Research, Reports & Media,

Number of opioid-related deaths with etizolam involved in Ontario | 2017-September 2020

January 29, 2021
Education & Training, Research, Reports & Media,

Putting Indigenous Harm Reduction to Work: Developing and Evaluating “Not Just Naloxone”

Cover of International Journal of Indigenous Health, Volume 16

January 25, 2021
Research, Reports & Media,

Supervised consumption sites and crime: scrutinizing the methodological weaknesses and aberrant results of a government report in Alberta, Canada

January 6, 2021
Research, Reports & Media,

Supervised consumption sites and crime: scrutinizing the methodological weaknesses and aberrant results of a government report in Alberta, Canada

January 6, 2021
Research, Reports & Media,

Decriminalisation: Insights for Advocates

January 1, 2021
Research, Reports & Media,

War on Drugs

January 1, 2021
Research, Reports & Media,

Racial Justice Requires Ending the War on Drugs

January 1, 2021
Research, Reports & Media,

Rethinking the Drug Dealer: a twitter thread by Sheila Vakharia

December 8, 2020
Research, Reports & Media,

“It’s Helped Me a Lot, Just Like to Stay Alive”: a Qualitative Analysis of Outcomes of a Novel Hydromorphone Tablet Distribution Program in Vancouver, Canada

October 28, 2020
Research, Reports & Media,

Addressing the Syndemic of HIV, Hepatitis C, Overdose, and COVID-19 Among People Who Use Drugs: The Potential Roles for Decriminalization and Safe Supply

October 9, 2020
Education & Training, Research, Reports & Media,

Using Patient Voice to Personalize the Opioid Epidemic: An Evaluation of 2 Educational Interventions

August 13, 2020
Research, Reports & Media,

2019 Opioid Mortality in Ontario and preliminary 2020 trends

July 17, 2020
Research, Reports & Media,

Drug Market Trends: People who use drugs, COVID-19, and drug market changes

June 8, 2020
Research, Reports & Media,

Exploring Expanded Response Options to Opioid Harms: Case Studies from Four Canadian Clinics

June 1, 2020
OHRN Original, Research, Reports & Media,

OHRN Statement in Solidarity with Black Lives Matter

June 1, 2020
Research, Reports & Media,

Gendering the Scene: Women, Gender-Diverse People, and Harm Reduction in Canada | Summary Report

May 11, 2020
Research, Reports & Media,

Steve Rolles Talks About Legalization

May 6, 2020
OHRN Original, Research, Reports & Media,

How Ontario harm reduction programs are adapting to COVID-19

May 1, 2020
OHRN Original, Research, Reports & Media,

How the COVID-19 pandemic is impacting people who use drugs

April 1, 2020
OHRN Original, Research, Reports & Media,

Benzodiazepines in the unregulated drug supply in Ontario

March 1, 2020
OHRN Original, Research, Reports & Media,

Accessing naloxone from the Ontario Naloxone Program for Pharmacies (ONPP)

March 1, 2020
Research, Reports & Media,

The Good Samaritan Drug Overdose Act: the good, the bad, and the ineffective

January 1, 2020
Research, Reports & Media,

Practices of care among people who buy,use, and sell drugs in community settings

January 1, 2020
Research, Reports & Media,

Global State of Harm Reduction Reports

January 1, 2020
Research, Reports & Media,

Drugs in the Time of COVID: Interim Report

January 1, 2020
Research, Reports & Media,

Burnout among service providers addressing substance use disorders

November 1, 2019
Research, Reports & Media,

Effect of Intranasal vs Intramuscular Naloxone on Opioid Overdose: A Randomized Clinical Trial

November 1, 2019
Research, Reports & Media,

Ontario Opioid Mortality Trends

October 30, 2019
Research, Reports & Media,

Critical Review Report: Flualprazolam

October 21, 2019
Research, Reports & Media,

Canada’s hidden opioid crisis: the health care system’s inability to manage high-dose opioid patients

September 1, 2019
Education & Training, Multimedia Formats, Research, Reports & Media,

The Drug Science Podcast

July 29, 2019
OHRN Original, Research, Reports & Media,

Recent HIV Research and ‘Cook Your Wash’

May 3, 2019
OHRN Original, Research, Reports & Media,

False reports of fentanyl in cannabis

May 1, 2019
Research, Reports & Media,

The misuse of benzodiazepines among high-risk opioid users in Europe

November 14, 2018
Research, Reports & Media,

AMHO Submission to MOHLTC Overview of the Effectiveness of Supervised Consumption Services

September 4, 2018
Education & Training, Guidelines, Handbooks & Toolkits, Research, Reports & Media,

Harm Reduction – Canadian Nurses Association

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June 28, 2018
Research, Reports & Media,

Resurrection myth: A rude awakening for alleged ‘Lazarus parties’

February 28, 2018
Research, Reports & Media,

Decriminalization: Options and Evidence [Policy Brief]

January 1, 2018
Research, Reports & Media,

Focus on Harm Reduction for Injection Drug Use in Canadian Prisons: A Supplement to CNA’s Harm Reduction Discussion Paper

June 28, 2017
Research, Reports & Media,

Harm Reduction and Illicit Substance Use: Implications for Nursing

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June 1, 2017
Research, Reports & Media,

Why All Bathrooms Should Be Gender-Neutral

March 23, 2017
Research, Reports & Media,

Intranasal and Intramuscular Naloxone for Opioid Overdose in the Pre-Hospital Setting: A Review of Comparative Clinical and Cost-Effectiveness, and Guidelines

March 1, 2017
Research, Reports & Media,

Toward a broader conceptualization of trans women’s sexual health

January 1, 2015
Research, Reports & Media,

Methamphetamine: An Update on Epidemiology, Pharmacology, Clinical Phenomenology, and Treatment Literature

October 1, 2014
Research, Reports & Media,

After the War on Drugs: How Legal Regulation of Production and Trade Would Better Protect Children

January 1, 2011
Research, Reports & Media,

Shifting Roles: Peer Harm Reduction Work at Regent Park Community Health Centre

January 1, 2011
Research, Reports & Media,

Effect of Drug Law Enforcement on Drug-Related Violence: Evidence from a Scientific Review

March 1, 2010
Foundational Documents, Research, Reports & Media,

After the War on Drugs: Blueprint for Regulation

January 1, 2009