
Coordinated by the CDPE, Toronto’s drug checking service offers people who use drugs timely and comprehensive information on the composition of their drugs using the most sophisticated lab-based technologies.
The CDPE is leading a study to evaluate the impact of integrating supervised injection services within community healthcare agencies in Toronto, Ontario.


The CDPE is leading a rapid assessment of the COVID-19 pandemic’s impact on people who inject drugs in Toronto.
The CDPE is leading a study to evaluate the impact of safer opioid supply programs in Toronto, Ontario.


The CDPE is synthesizing the evidence on the effectiveness of drug policies and interventions to reduce drug-related harms.
The Policy Impact Unit works in partnership with drug policy stakeholders – including people who use drugs, affected communities, civil society, and policymakers – to support the development of evidence- and rights-based drug policies in Canada and around the globe.


PRIMER is a multi-country study on the impact of different interventions in preventing people who use drugs from initiating others into injection drug use.