Published: November 2017 as part of Preventing Injecting by Modifying Existing Responses (PRIMER)

This study examines the role of people who inject drugs (PWID) in facilitating the entry of others into injection initiation in settings characterized by cross-border migration that are associated with a unique risk environment.

Published: September 2017 as part of Systematic Reviews on Drug Policy

This study reviews the existing literature on the influence of socio-structural contexts on injection drug use initiation.

Published: September 2017 as part of Preventing Injecting by Modifying Existing Responses (PRIMER)

This article examines whether a history of medication-assisted treatment for people who inject drugs (PWID) is associated with a reduced probability of providing injection initiation assistance.

Published: September 2017 as part of Preventing Injecting by Modifying Existing Responses (PRIMER)

This article examines the evidence on the prevention of injection initiation to identify emerging intervention strategies and key barriers to effectively controlling the ongoing epidemic

Published: August 2017 as part of Preventing Injecting by Modifying Existing Responses (PRIMER)

This article examines the risk factors among people who inject drugs (PWID) for providing assistance to other in injection initiation.

Published: July 2017

This report synthesizes dialogue generated by speakers at the Canada’s Drug Futures Forum and outlines recommendations for the next ten years of Canadian drug policy from over 200 attendees including policymakers, public health officials, law enforcement professionals, researchers, people who use drugs, and community organizers.

Published: May 2017 as part of Preventing Injecting by Modifying Existing Responses (PRIMER)

This article explores current challenges to contain the opioid epidemic and calls for various treatments that could reduce the epidemic including the scaling up of medication-assisted treatment (MAT).

Published: May 2017

This policy brief from the ICSDP and the Munk School of Global Affairs at the University of Toronto provides guidance to national governments seeking to align domestic legalization and regulation of recreational cannabis markets with their international legal obligations.

Published: September 2016 as part of Preventing Injecting by Modifying Existing Responses (PRIMER)

This study explores the methodology employed in the PRIMER study.

Published: April 2016 as part of Drug Policy Metrics Map

This commentary emphasizes the need to expand the range of indicators used to assess and improve drug policy effectiveness.