Harm-Reduction-Reports
Toward the Heart is the main website for BCCDC's Harm Reduction Services Program that provides harm reduction and overdose prevention information and resources for a diverse audience. It features support for registered harm reduction and Take Home Naloxone distribution sites, including training materials and other educational tools. It also includes topic sections on reducing harm, naloxone programs, overdose prevention and response, and working together.
This page is intended to provide clinical resources for health professionals on harm reduction and overdose prevention and response.
Harm reduction
Overdose prevention & response
Safer supply
Health professional regulations and resources
- Nurses:
- Physicians:
- Pharmacists:
Clinical care guidelines
- BCCSU clinical care guidance:
Toxic drug supply & overdose public health emergency
Stigma & substance use
Engagement with people with lived/living experience
Youth
Indigenous harm reduction
Organizational resources
Research
Health authority overdose response programs
BC health authorities are all working on overdose response.