Injection Drug Users

People who use drugs comprise about 20% of the population in Canada infected with HIV and about 30% of new infections.

They are at increased risk for HIV/AIDS, overdoses and other infections associated with their drug use as a result of sharing needles, pipes or other drug paraphernalia.

The Canadian AIDS Society serves this group by supporting harm reduction initiatives, including needle exchange and crack pipe programs, safe injection sites, methadone maintenance and substitution therapy, which are intended to reduce the risk of HIV transmission. Below are our resources directed to people who use drugs and those who support them.

The CAS Year 2016-17 in Review: Towards Re-igniting our Movement

It’s a changing landscape for the HIV movement — certainly more volatile and unpredictable than any time over the past ...
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ACTION = LIFE: Call for an Immediate Response to National Crisis of Opioid Overdose Deaths

The Canadian AIDS Society is proud to be one of the 73 civil society organizations to endorse the Call to ...
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Peerology: A guide by and for people who use drugs on how to get involved

The Canadian AIDS Society (CAS) is pleased to provide a new resource, Peerology: A guide by and for people who ...
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Positive Prevention: Towards a Pan-Canadian Framework

If you're living with HIV/AIDS, it’s important for you to know how you can reduce the risk of transmitting HIV ...
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Enhancing Capacity to Provide Services for People Who Use Substances: A Needs and Assets Assessment

This bilingual publication, which is a follow-up report to 2008's Learning from Each Other, explores the perspective of those who ...
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Learning from Each Other: Enhancing Community-Based Harm Reduction Programs and Practices in Canada

Objectives of the Project The Canadian Harm Reduction Network and the Canadian AIDS Society collaborated on a project to identify ...
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