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Research study on the health impacts of inactivity Transcript What do a 70-year-old on bed rest and an astronaut have in common? Their muscles are getting weaker. They are experiencing the effects of aging and frailty, often related to a lack of physical activity. In space,…

CRISM Ontario: Effecting drug policy through a ‘less talk, more action’ philosophy As one of Ontario’s leading drug policy experts, Dr. Jürgen Rehm believes that making a real, positive impact on drug policy starts with one thing: a willingness to try . “If we work together as an…

Opioid Crisis Knowledge Synthesis End of Grant Workshop summary In Canada, the dramatic and increasing number of opioid-related fatal and non-fatal overdoses is a national public health crisis. Footnote 1 The Government of Canada has committed to take action on Canada’s opioid…

Methamphetamine and Related Psychostimulant Use: End-of-Grant Workshop Summary Overview While concerns about methamphetamine and related psychostimulant use in Canada have been growing, there is a lack of high-quality data on the scale of the issue and its impacts on health care…

Methamphetamine and Related Psychostimulant Use: End-of-Grant Workshop What We Heard Report Workshop Date: February 15, 2022 Location: Virtual Meeting via MS Teams Canadian Institutes of Health Research At the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR), we know that research…

What We Heard: End-of-Grant Knowledge Exchange Workshop Report Evaluation of Interventions to Address the Opioid Crisis Meeting dates: October 22 and 29, 2020 Introduction Disclaimer Workshop Objectives Message from CIHR Institute of Neurosciences, Mental Health and Addiction…

Operating Grant: Evaluation of the British Columbia Exemption to Allow for Personal Possession of Small Amounts of Illegal Drugs Progress Report Summary – April 2023 Nominated Principal Investigator: Jürgen Rehm, Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH); Canadian Research…

What We Heard Report: Operating Grant: Evaluation of Harm Reduction Approaches to Address the Opioid Crisis in the Context of COVID-19 – Supervised Consumption Sites Evaluation End-of-Grant Virtual Workshop Related Infographic: Supervised consumption sites — Key messages from an…

Operating Grant: Evaluation of the British Columbia Exemption to Allow for Personal Possession of Small Amounts of Illegal Drugs Progress Report Lay Summary – April 2024 Nominated Principal Investigator: Jürgen Rehm, Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH); Canadian…

Operating Grant: Evaluation of the British Columbia Exemption to Allow for Personal Possession of Small Amounts of Illegal Drugs Progress Report Lay Summary – October 2024 Nominated Principal Investigator: Jürgen Rehm, Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH); Canadian…