Safer Substance Use Resources

• Extreme Heat
  Prepare for Extreme Heat: A Guide for People Who Use Substances
  
  Using Substances During Extreme Heat
  
  Stay Safe During Extreme Heat Events
  
  Prepare an Extreme Heat Kit
  
  Prepare For Extreme Heat: A Guide for People Living with Schizophrenia
  
  Supporting People Living With Schizophrenia During Extreme Heat
  
  Getting Prescriptions and Carries During Extreme Weather
  
• Safer Inhalation (Smoking)
  Safer Inhalation (Smoking) Tips
  
  Safer Smoking Supplies
  
  How to Use a Hammer Pipe
  
  Using Foil as a Hooter
  
• Safer Injection
  Guide to Booty Bumping
  
  Preparing For an Injection
  
  How to Safely Get Rid of Used Sharps
  
  Safer Tablet Injection
  

  Tablets medications (pills) from a pharmacy are less likely to cause an overdose compared to drugs or pills from the illicit market - this is because the dose and contents of prescribed drugs are known.

  Tablet medications contain fillers (e.g. coatings and powders) that can cause harm when injected, such as serious infections, abscesses and damage to the veins, skin, heart, and lungs. These risks can be reduced by using harm reduction supplies, including filters.

  How to Use Cotton Filters
  
  How to Use a Sterifilt FAST Filter
  
• Safer Sex

  SmartSexResource is a provincial sexual health website, offering comprehensive information, education and resources on sexually transmitted infections, trends and more. 

  

• Withdrawal
  Recognizing Withdrawal
  
• Wounds and Skin Infections
  Skin Infections and Safer Substance Use
  
  Wound Care Guide
  
  Wound Care Guide - Printer Friendly