{"id":18200,"date":"2019-09-19T13:07:28","date_gmt":"2019-09-19T17:07:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.aidslaw.ca\/site\/?page_id=18200"},"modified":"2022-09-30T19:51:45","modified_gmt":"2022-09-30T23:51:45","slug":"definitions-and-sources","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.hivlegalnetwork.ca\/site\/drugs-and-harm-reduction\/definitions-and-sources\/?lang=en","title":{"rendered":"Definitions and Sources"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"margin-bottom: 0; padding-bottom: 0; line-height: 1px; border-bottom: 2px solid #fff;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"..\/..\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/drugs-and-harm-reduction-tall-2022-2.jpg\" alt=\"Federal Election 2019 - Drugs adn Harm Reduction: How to speak to your MP about their plan to combat the opioid overdose crisis\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-22087 size-full\" style=\"margin-bottom: 0;\" width=\"1140\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hivlegalnetwork.ca\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/drugs-and-harm-reduction-tall-2022-2.jpg 1140w, https:\/\/www.hivlegalnetwork.ca\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/drugs-and-harm-reduction-tall-2022-2-300x79.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.hivlegalnetwork.ca\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/drugs-and-harm-reduction-tall-2022-2-1024x269.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1140px) 100vw, 1140px\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"su-accordion su-u-trim\">\n<div class=\"su-spoiler su-spoiler-style-default su-spoiler-icon-plus resource-kit drugs-harm-reduction\" data-scroll-offset=\"0\" data-anchor-in-url=\"no\"><div class=\"su-spoiler-title\" tabindex=\"0\" role=\"button\"><span class=\"su-spoiler-icon\"><\/span>Menu: Harm Reduction Advocacy Guide<\/div><div class=\"su-spoiler-content su-u-clearfix su-u-trim\">\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"..\/..\/drugs-and-harm-reduction\/?lang=en\">Information on the Opioid Crisis<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"..\/..\/drugs-and-harm-reduction\/key-facts\/?lang=en\">Key Facts<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"..\/..\/drugs-and-harm-reduction\/questions-to-ask-your-mp\/?lang=en\">Questions to ask your MP<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"..\/..\/drugs-and-harm-reduction\/take-action\/?lang=en\">Take Action<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div class=\"su-divider su-divider-style-default\" style=\"margin:10px 0;border-width:1px;border-color:#ccc\"><\/div>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"..\/..\/drugs-and-harm-reduction\/definitions-and-sources\/?lang=en\">Definitions and Sources<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"su-spacer\" style=\"height:20px\"><\/div>\n<h1 class=\"drugs-harm-and-reduction\">Definitions and Sources<\/h1>\n<div class=\"su-divider su-divider-style-default\" style=\"margin:30px 0;border-width:1px;border-color:#ccc\"><\/div>\n<h2>Definitions:<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Harm reduction<\/strong> | Harm reduction refers to policies, programs and practices that aim to minimize negative health, social and legal impacts associated with drug use, drug policies and drug laws. Harm reduction is grounded in justice and human rights \u2014 it focuses on positive change and on working with people without judgment, coercion, discrimination, or requiring that they stop using drugs as a precondition of support.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Supervised consumption services (SCS)<\/strong> | SCS allow people to consume drugs (usually pre-obtained illegal drugs) under the supervision of trained staff and volunteers in a safe and hygienic environment. Facility staff members are present to provide sterile injection supplies, answer questions on safe injection practices, administer first aid if needed and monitor for overdose. Depending on facilities, staff may also offer general medical advice and referrals to drug treatment, medical treatment and other social support programs. In Canada, these services are provided at supervised consumption sites and overdose prevention sites.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Overdose prevention sites (OPS)<\/strong> | OPS are low-threshold supervised consumption services and their primary goal is to help prevent and respond to drug overdoses. OPS first operated in Canada without exemption or approval of authorities and functioned both to save lives and to put pressure on political leaders to ensure greater access to SCS. Measures were later taken at both federal and provincial levels to authorize OPS. Like supervised consumption sites, OPS provide a safe space where people are able to consume drugs under the supervision of trained volunteers and\/or staff.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Human rights<\/strong> | Human rights are the basic rights and freedoms that belong to every person in the world, from birth until death. We are all equally entitled to our human rights without discrimination.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Federal exemption<\/strong> | Without an exemption, staff, volunteers and clients of SCS and OPS are at risk of criminal prosecution under drug laws. Federal exemptions are currently granted by the federal Minister of Health under section 56.1 of the <i>Controlled Drugs and Substances Act<\/i>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Opioids <\/strong>| A class of drugs that include the illegal drug heroin, synthetic opioids such as fentanyl, and pain relievers available legally by prescription, such as oxycodone (OxyContin\u00ae, Percocet\u00ae), hydrocodone (Vicodin\u00ae), hydromorphone (Dilaudid&#x2122;), codeine, morphine and others.<\/p>\n<div class=\"su-divider su-divider-style-default\" style=\"margin:30px 0;border-width:1px;border-color:#ccc\"><\/div>\n<h2>Sources:<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>\u201cOverdue for a Change: Scaling up Supervised Consumption Services in Canada,\u201d Canadian HIV\/AIDS Legal Network, 2019. Available at <a href=\"..\/..\/overdue-for-a-change-full-report\/?lang=en\">http:\/\/www.hivlegalnetwork.ca\/site\/overdue-for-a-change-full-report\/?lang=en<\/a><\/li>\n<li>\u201cInsight into Insite,\u201d British Columbia Centre on Substance Use, Urban Health Research Initiative, 2016. Available at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bccsu.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/insight_into_insite.pdf\">bccsu.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/insight_into_insite.pdf<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>\u201cSupervised consumption sites,\u201d Health Canada, 2018. Available at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.canada.ca\/en\/health-canada\/services\/substance-use\/supervised-consumption-sites.html\">canada.ca\/en\/health-canada\/services\/substance-use\/supervised-consumption-sites.html<\/a><\/li>\n<li>\u201cOpioid-related harms and deaths in Canada,\u201d Health Canada, 2019. Available at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.canada.ca\/en\/health-canada\/services\/substance-use\/problematic-prescription-drug-use\/opioids\/data-surveillance-research\/harms-deaths.html\">canada.ca\/en\/health-canada\/services\/substance-use\/problematic-prescription-drug-use\/opioids\/data-surveillance-research\/harms-deaths.html<\/a><\/li>\n<li>\u201cWhat is harm reduction?\u201d, Harm Reduction International, 2019. Available at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.hri.global\/what-is-harm-reduction\">hri.global\/what-is-harm-reduction<\/a><\/li>\n<li>\u201cNational Report: Apparent Opioid-related Deaths in Canada,\u201d Health Canada, 2019. Available at <a href=\"https:\/\/health-infobase.canada.ca\/datalab\/national-surveillance-opioid-mortality.html\">https:\/\/health-infobase.canada.ca\/datalab\/national-surveillance-opioid-mortality.html<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Potier et al., \u201cSupervised injection services: What has been demonstrated? A systematic literature review,\u201d Drug Alcohol Depend. 145C (2014): pp. 48-68<\/li>\n<li>Kennedy, M. Karamouzian &amp; T. Kerr. \u201cPublic Health and Public Order Outcomes Associated with Supervised Drug Consumption Facilities: A Systematic Review,\u201d Current HIV\/AIDS Reports, 2017; 14(5): 161-183, doi: 10.1007\/s11904-017-0363-y.<\/li>\n<\/ul>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Definitions and Sources Definitions: Harm reduction | Harm reduction refers to policies, programs and practices that aim to minimize negative health, social and legal impacts associated with drug use, drug policies and drug laws. 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