To help support the response to the overdose crisis and address harms related to substance use and the toxic illegal drug supply, over the last two years, the Government of Canada has dedicated over $182 million to Health Canada’s Substance Use and Addictions Program (SUAP), and recently proposed another $100 million through Budget 2022. $11.78 million in funding has been granted to 14 innovative community-led projects in British Columbia.
With this funding, these projects will help to improve health outcomes for people who are at risk of experiencing substance-related harms and overdose by scaling up prevention, harm reduction and treatment efforts across British Columbia.
Dr. Jessica Moe and team have received $1,168,342 to expand access to buprenorphine/naloxone for people with opioid use disorders who present to Emergency Departments with a variety of clinical presentations. This additional funding will expand the program to two more emergency department sites (St. Paul’s Hospital in Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside and North-East Health Centre in Edmonton). This is in addition to the $1,289,296 the project has already received from SUAP, which you can find at this previous post.
Funding is provided through the Substance Use and Addictions Program (SUAP), which supports evidence-informed and innovative initiatives across a range of interventions—health promotion, prevention, harm reduction and treatment—targeting a broad range of legal and illegal substances.