{"id":2022,"date":"2024-06-16T20:56:15","date_gmt":"2024-06-16T20:56:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ottawainnercityhealth.ca\/?page_id=2022"},"modified":"2025-04-08T10:58:38","modified_gmt":"2025-04-08T14:58:38","slug":"substance-use","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/ottawainnercityhealth.ca\/resources-information\/substance-use\/","title":{"rendered":"Substance Use"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"2022\" class=\"elementor elementor-2022\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-15589d4 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"15589d4\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element 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(2022)<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/pmc\/articles\/PMC6478052\/pdf\/39_3_3.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"far fa-file-alt\"><\/i>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text\">Supervised injection services: a community-based response to the opioid crisis in the City of Ottawa, Canada. (2019)\u00a0<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cochranelibrary.com\/cdsr\/doi\/10.1002\/14651858.CD006747.pub2\/abstract\" target=\"_blank\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"far fa-file-alt\"><\/i>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text\">Managed alcohol as a harm reduction intervention for alcohol addiction in populations at high risk for substance abuse. 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