Evidence briefs and reports
2026. Kolla, G and Gomes, T. What the evidence says about defunding Ontario's remaining supervised consumption sites.
2026. Ontario's Drug Checking Community. Ontario's Drug Checking Community and Supervised Consumption Site: Generating critical evidence on Ontario's unregulated drug supply.
2024. Office of the Auditor General of Ontario. Performance Audit. Implementation and Oversight of Ontario's Opioid Strategy.
2024. Bayoumi, A.; Wu, M.; Pogacar, F., Wang, T., and Gomes, T. Estimating the effects of closing supervised consumption sites in Toronto. Use of Services.
Toolkits and dashboards
ODPRN Ontario Opioid Indicator Tool - five separate dashboards.
CATIE. Anti-stigma toolkit. Communication resources about harm reduction and supervised consumption services (fact sheets, key messages, etc.)
In the media
March 20, 2026. Berg, E.; Hyschka, E.; Dong, K.; Haines-Saah, R.; Bogosavljević, K.; Salvalaggio, G. Opinion: Flawed study on Red Deer OD prevention centre could put lives at risk. Edmonton Journal.
March 11, 2026. Thomson, E. Centre of Recovery Excellence manipulating health information of people who use drugs to undermine their safety. Drug Data Decoded.
Statements and open letters
March 30, 2026. HIV Legal Network. Open Letter Re: Defunding of All Supervised Consumption Sites in Ontario
March 16, 2026. HIV Legal Network and HALCO condemn Government of Ontario's deadly decision to defund Consumption and Treatment Services.
March 17th, 2026. Canadian Public Health Association. Ontario's decision to defund supervised consumption services risks lives and undermines a comprehensive response to the toxic drug crisis.
March 2026. RNAO. Action Alert: Closing supervised consumption services sites will cost lives, Premier!
March 27th, 2026. Canadian Nurses Association. CNA concerned over Ontario and Alberta's decision to close supervised consumption services.
March 20, 2026. Centre for Addiction and Mental Health. Statement on Supervised Consumption Sites.
March 23, 2026. Street Health Ontario. Statement about the Defunding / Pending June 13th Closure of Supervised Consumption Sites (SCS) in Ontario.
March 25, 2026. SUHN. Statement from the Substance Use Health Network on Supervised Consumption Services.
Parkdale Queen West Community Health Centre. Statement on the Government's Decision to End funding for Life-Saving Consumption Treatment and Supervised Consumption Sites (CTS/SCS).
March 16, 2026. Breakaway. Breakaway's Statement on the closures of SCS in Ontario.
March 18th, 2026. Prairie Harm Reduction. Statement on the Closure of Supervised Consumption Services in Ontario.
March 27, 2026. Canadian Drug Policy Coalition and HIV Legal Network. Alberta's decision to close supervised consumption sites will result in needless death.
March 31, 2026. Moms Stop the Harm. MSTH Statement regarding defunding of SCS's in Ontario.
