Centre for Addiction and Mental Health

Introduction

Welcome! This page contains links to information and resources (e.g., news articles, tools, websites, etc.) related to opioid overdose prevention, treatment for opioid addiction, harm reduction programs, etc. Please scroll down to begin viewing the links. Thank you.

Decriminalization of substance use

• CAMH statement on the decriminalization of substance use (Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH), Sept. 29, 2021)
• Drug decriminalization movement gaining momentum in Canada as overdose deaths surge (cbc.ca, Sept. 29, 2021)

Media articles

• Opioid-related deaths at all-time high (May 20, 2021)
• Huffington Post (Canada): Opioid Crisis page
  

• Toronto police should carry naloxone, drug panel says (thestar.com; Aug 3rd)

Governments’ response to the crisis

• Government of Canada Actions on Opioids: 2016 and 2017 – report

• Ontario’s Strategy to Prevent Opioid Addiction and Overdose

Impact of the crisis

• The Opioid Chapters

• Infographic: Opioid-Related Harms in Canada (English | French)

• Toronto Overdose Information System

Resources on treatment of opioid use disorder

• CAMH: New synthesized guideline for treating opioid use disorder

  CAMH has released “Opioid Agonist Therapy: A Synthesis of Canadian Guidelines for Treating Opioid Use Disorder,” a national clinical guideline that harmonizes existing provincial and national guidelines, evidence-based practices and expert opinions. The aim of this unified guideline is to help health care practitioners provide consistent and high-quality care to people with opioid use disorder. Follow the link above to download the PDF.

• CAMH: Making the Choice, Making It Work. Treatment for opioid addiction: client handbook

• Patients Helping Patients Understand Opioid Substitution Treatment
  

• Clinical tools to support opioid use disorder and overdose prevention

Resources on overdose prevention

• Overdose Intervention App

• Toronto overdose information system

• Toronto Public Health: 5 Messages for Reducing Risk of Opioid Overdose
  

• Identifying and responding to opioid overdose

• Toronto public health: Overdose resources

• Opioid overdose prevention and naloxone access working group

• Ontario harm reduction distribution program: information on naloxone

Other resources

• Ontario Prescription Opioid Tool

• Opioid resource hub

• Ontario Drug Policy Research Network: Report: Behind the Prescription: A snapshot of opioid use across all Ontarians

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

• Canadian Agency for Drugs and Technologies in Health: Opioid Evidence Bundle

• Ontario Prescription Opioid Tool

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