IDPC recommends improving data collection, prioritising health-based responses, reviewing drug policy frameworks and ensuring robust civil society engagement.
Friedman et al. call for expansion of interventions that do not only target overdose death rates but also social inequalities that place minoritised communities at the disadvantage in receiving care
Michaud et al. analyse public discourse surrounding safer supply, highlighting potential implications of moral panic for people who use drugs and healthcare access.
Action for Safer Supply empower Canadian communities to address the toxic drug overdose crisis through key steps, including staying informed, demanding access, policy level advocacy and information sharing.
Youth Rise underscore key challenges for young people who use opioids, including a lack of access to youth-tailored health and harm reduction, enduring stigma, and marginalisation.
Kalicum et al. find that enrolling in an unsanctioned compassion club reduced all non-fatal overdose, pointing to the importance of this community-led intervention.
Rammohan et. al. report decreased overdose mortality rates in areas with a supervised consumption services, underscoring the need and value of these interventions.