Projects
The CDPE conducts research and outreach in the areas of drug policy and substance use.
The CDPE is leading a rapid assessment of the COVID-19 pandemic’s impact on people who inject drugs in Toronto.
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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.
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The CDPE’s smartphone-based portable drug checking device was one of three finalists for Health Canada’s drug checking technology challenge.
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The CDPE has conducted an international cross comparison of illegal drug policies to create an online tool – the Drug Policy Metrics Map – to demonstrate the alignment and gaps between the metrics that countries use to assess the success of their drug policy and the actual drug policy-related outcomes they experience.
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The CDPE is leading a study to evaluate the impact of integrating supervised injection services within community healthcare agencies in Toronto, Ontario.
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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.
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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.
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The CDPE is leading a study to evaluate the impact of safer opioid supply programs in Toronto, Ontario.
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The CDPE is synthesizing the evidence on the effectiveness of drug policies and interventions to reduce drug-related harms.
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#CannabisClaims is a campaign addressing common misconceptions related to cannabis use and regulation.
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