Harm reduction TO is your one-stop shop for harm reduction information and community resources in Toronto!
COVID-19 and the Overdose crisis
The overdose crisis is intersecting with COVID-19. People Who Use Drugs and those who are under-housed, immunocompromised, and incarcerated, are at increased risk of contracting and suffering complications from COVID-19. People Who Use Drugs are at a heightened risk of fatal overdose due to:
decreased access to a consistent drug supply due to border closures,
increased isolation and solitary drug use due to physical distancing protocols, and
respiratory impairment caused by COVID-19 which compounds the respiratory depression caused by opiate overdoses.
Please know your source, start low, go slow, carry naloxone, and tell a friend when you’re using. Remember that your drugs may be more or less potent than usual, and your tolerance may have gone down.
Please consider supporting our campaigns for safe supply and prisoner justice, donating to the Prisoner Emergency Support Fund, and following our partners on social media.
Who are we?
HarmReductionTO is a resource hub run by Toronto students and community organizers committed to ending the War on Drugs. We take a public health approach to substance use and recognize the inherent dignity, worth, and human rights of People Who Use Drugs. We recognize how drug policy and substance use intersect with various forms of oppression—and align ourselves with struggles for liberation, social and economic justice, drug decriminalization and legalization, and prison abolition.
Join us in the fight against the War on Drugs by learning, spreading the word, and supporting harm reduction efforts in your community!
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