As a specialty hospital in Toronto that provides care for people who face multiple barriers to having their basic needs met, Casey House was pleased to comment on the City of Toronto’s 2023 Budget, as part of the public consultation process.
Casey House is committed to understanding our clients’ health concerns in the broader context of their lives – including their housing and income situations, which continue to be areas of high need. With the continuing drug poisoning crisis, housing crisis, and rising cost of living, the need to address the social factors that determine health and well-being is beyond urgent.
Casey House’s recommendations at a glance
While progress has been made to improve the health and well-being of people in Toronto, there is much more work to do – particularly to support the estimated 18,000 people experiencing homelessness in our city, while they continue to wait for more safe, affordable, and supportive housing. As a hospital, Casey House encourages the City of Toronto to increase and improve access to:
Emergency shelter spaces with citywide locations that enable people to remain geographically close to their support systems and networks.
Low-barrier 24-hour drop-in spaces, respite sites, warming centres during winter months, and fixed-site cooling centres during summer months.
Storage services for personal belongings, such as medications and critical documentation.
Income tax clinics and identification clinics to enable more people to apply for long-term housing and income support programs.
The Budget Committee wraps up its review process January 24, Mayor John Tory releases proposed budget by February 1, City Council votes on the budget February 14.
Casey House's recommendations
Read our full letter to the City of Toronto’s 2023 Budget Committee
Toronto residents and businesses are encouraged to participate in the process, and can provide written comments and feedback to the Budget Committee by email: buc@toronto.ca. Learn more at the City of Toronto’s website.
Casey House recognizes and acknowledges that systemic inequities deeply affect our clients, and believes it is our responsibility to advocate for compassionate and socially-just health care. Our advocacy seeks to address the structural barriers that prevent optimal health, and improve the well-being of all people living with or at risk of HIV. To learn more, visit Advocacy.
As a specialty hospital that provides care for people living with and at risk of HIV, Casey House was pleased to comment on federal Bill C-22 – Canada Disability Benefit Act, which seeks to establish the Canada Disability Benefit (CDB) to reduce poverty and support the financial security of working-age persons with disabilities.
Casey House serves clients with disabilities, particularly those with illnesses or conditions that are “episodic” – meaning, they vary in severity and duration and can include periods of wellness. Most clients are HIV+ and contend with multiple chronic conditions – many of which are exacerbated by the overdose crisis, housing crisis, and rising cost of living. Our hospital is committed to understanding our clients’ health concerns in the broader context of their lives – including their income and financial situation, which is an area of high need.
Casey House’s brief at a glance
With the rising cost of living and risk of a recession, the need for the CDB is urgent. Casey House calls for the swift passage of Bill C-22 so that this disability benefit can be designed and delivered as quickly as possible to:
1. Support people with episodic disabilities living in poverty: examples of episodic disabilities include chronic conditions and diseases such as HIV, mental illness, and substance use disorder. People with episodic disabilities face unique barriers to financial security and require supports that enable them to meet their basic needs.
2. Reach people with disabilities living in poverty who face barriers to filing income tax returns: the CDB would be based on annual income tax returns, however for people living in deep poverty, such as those without housing, it can be difficult to file their taxes regularly. If barriers to tax filing are not addressed, we risk the CDB not reaching those who need it most.
3. Ensure that people with disabilities living in poverty continue to have uninterrupted access to health benefits through provincial disability support programs: most Casey House clients receive income support from the Ontario Disability Support Program (ODSP), which also provides coverage for life-saving medications. Implementing the CDB will require coordination between different levels of government to ensure people have continued, uninterrupted access to provincial health benefits to meet their health care needs.
This bill is currently being studied by a Parliamentary Committee in the House of Commons, and must pass both the House and Senate in order to become law. The faster Bill C-22 is passed, the faster the Canada Disability Benefit can be designed and delivered to reach all working-age people with disabilities living in poverty, to improve their financial security and health and wellbeing.
Casey House's brief on Bill C-22
Read our full submission to the Standing Committee on Human Resources, Skills and Social Development and the Status of Persons with Disabilities (HUMA)
Casey House recognizes and acknowledges that systemic inequities deeply affect our clients, and believes it is our responsibility to advocate for compassionate and socially-just health care. Our advocacy seeks to address the structural barriers that prevent optimal health, and improve the well-being of all people living with or at risk of HIV. To learn more, visit Advocacy.
TORONTO, ON (November 16, 2022) – Today, Casey House clients are able to smoke substances on-site as part of its hospital-based supervised consumption services (SCS). This development makes Casey House the first site in the province to offer indoor supervised inhalation.
Adding this form of consumption, in addition to injection, snorting or eating, as an option for clients makes safer drug use and overdose prevention more accessible. Smoking is an increasingly common method of drug consumption and will make Casey House’s SCS accessible for even more people. Having a safe indoor space allows people to safely use substances with privacy and dignity.
Additionally, research from the Office of the Chief Coroner for Ontario shows that there has been a significant shift towards inhalation-related deaths during the pandemic. In 2020 in Ontario, just over one-third of deaths were inhalation-related – an 11% increase from pre-pandemic times. The report points to the need for more harm reduction services tailored specifically to this mode of drug use, including supervised inhalation services.
Supervised inhalation is also highly recommended by community stakeholders. Recently, inhalation was endorsed in the toolkit Twelve characteristics of client-centred supervised consumption services (SCS), developed by the Engage with Harm Reduction study that featured input from Casey House staff, peers and community members.
Casey House’s SCS are open to registered clients 24 hours a day on the inpatient unit and 10 a.m.-4 p.m. for outpatients, and are integrated into its regular health services. Clients use their own drugs while being monitored by trained staff who can provide emergency medical care in case of overdose. Drug testing and supervision at an SCS substantially reduce the risk of overdose and death, and increase access to sterile equipment, education on safer use, and health and social services. Supervised inhalation is for unregulated substances only; neither tobacco nor cannabis can be smoked in the SCS.
Casey House CEO Joanne Simons is proud to be expanding the supervised consumption services for the hospital’s clients, and says, “We were able to do this in a cost-effective manner, and believe this is a critical health care investment for organizations and governments to improve health care outcomes for people who use drugs.”
Simons goes on to say how much the hospital acknowledges and is grateful for the ground-breaking work of the harm reduction community across the country, such as sites like Prairie Harm Reduction in Saskatchewan and Blood Ties in Yukon. She looks forward to other organizations being able to also offer this much-needed service.
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Casey House is unlike any other hospital. We are a specialty hospital in Toronto providing ground-breaking care to people living with and at risk of HIV. Together with our clients, staff, peers and volunteers, we strive to create an inclusive environment where everyone feels safe. We offer a growing mix of inpatient, outpatient and community-based services that meet clients where they are in their individual journeys of health and wellness. Building on a legacy of advocacy and social justice, we actively dismantle barriers to care and safe living. We provide a community and sense of belonging that connects people to care. The humanity of each client is at the heart of everything we do.
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This summer, Casey House was pleased to contribute our insights on the current state of the City of Toronto’s drug policy and programming, including our clients’ perspectives on decriminalizing personal drug possession. In view of the upcoming municipal election, we are highlighting some of the most pressing issues our clients face, and key actions the city must prioritize to improve the health and well-being of Torontonians in high socio-economic need.
For many people, substance use is a way to cope with intersecting challenges such as trauma, poverty, homelessness and mental health concerns, which can create multiple barriers to having one’s basic needs met. At Casey House, our clients face many of these hurdles, which have an impact on their health and well-being. Our hospital is committed to understanding our clients’ health concerns in the broader context of their lives, and to actively dismantling barriers to care and safe living. All levels of government have a vital role to play in addressing the social factors that determine health and well-being, and in improving health care and outcomes for people in high need. While considerable progress has been made in recent years, there is much more work to do.
In Toronto, three pressing issues that any municipal policy or program must consider and address are:
1. Deep poverty: inadequate income and chronic homelessness 2. Toxic supply of unregulated drugs and growing risk of drug-related harms 3. Criminalization of drugs and the people who use them
1. Deep poverty: inadequate income and chronic homelessness
For many of our clients, an extremely low income creates barriers to safe and healthy living. For those who qualify for income support programs, the amount of money a single person receives is not nearly enough to cover basic needs and shelter. For instance, many clients receive support from the Ontario Disability Support Program (ODSP) or Ontario Works (OW) – the maximum monthly rates for which are $1,228 and $733 respectively. Even in stronger economic times, these rates are far below the poverty line, let alone during this period of high inflation, when even higher income earners struggle to make ends meet.
Unsurprisingly, a related challenge is access to safe, affordable, and supportive housing – the demand for which far exceeds supply. The constant lack of emergency shelter spaces affects the ability of hospitals like Casey House to safely discharge unhoused patients so they can manage their health beyond their stay. As one long-time Casey House nurse expressed, “We call Central Intake [for emergency shelter space], and no beds are available…I’ve never seen it worse.” The situation is further aggravated by obstacles to obtaining required documentation to apply for potential housing. Our team of social workers see these roadblocks far too often: “getting ID is a nightmare for people” because of the limited services available, and “it can be difficult for people without housing to get their taxes done regularly”.
Even when people are housed and have access to programs like ODSP, it is still not enough to pay for food, transportation, and other basic needs.
Actions for the City of Toronto:
Champion income support programs and policies at all levels of government that respond to the cost of living (higher benefit rates), and provide people with the income they need when they need it (such as bi-monthly payments)
Prioritize and/or leverage city resources to increase and improve:
Immediate access to safe, high quality emergency shelter spaces that don’t require abstinence from substance use, and storage services for personal belongings
Access to transitional and supportive housing for people struggling with substance use and mental health challenges
Access to affordable housing, such as rent-geared-to-income (RGI) housing, that integrates vital harm reduction strategies and supports
Access to tax clinics and identification clinics with citywide locations and hours of operation that respond to the practical reality of people’s lives
2. Toxic supply of unregulated drugs and growing risk of drug-related harms
Since 2016 there have been more than 30,000 opioid toxicity deaths in Canada, an accelerating crisis that is claiming lives in communities across the country. In 2021 , Toronto Public Health reported 574 opioid-related deaths. As recent research from the Office of the Chief Coroner for Ontario shows, there has been an increase in stimulants contributing to opioid-related deaths, the circumstances surrounding drug-related harms have been changing significantly, and there is an urgent need for harm reduction services that respond to the diverse needs of people who use drugs.
In Toronto, many harm reduction services are available, but limited. Supervised consumption services (SCS) are contained to the downtown core; don’t always accommodate the range of drugs used and varying effects they have on the mind and body; and often don’t include vital drug checking services, which help people make more informed decisions about their drug use. The few options for safer supply (prescribed alternatives to the illicit drug market) have long waitlists and are limited to opioids.
In addition, many people providing support do not have lived experience of drug use, which can limit the full potential of these services. As one Casey House client expressed, “you want someone who ‘speaks your language’” when accessing care.
Actions for the City of Toronto:
Increase and improve low-barrier access to:
Safer supplyprograms, including for drugs beyond opioids
Safe spaces for substance use beyond the downtown core, that tailor services to different types of drugs (stimulants and opioids) and different modes of drug use (injection and inhalation)
Drug checking services, both within and beyond supervised consumption services, on a permanent basis
Mental health and substance use treatment services that don’t require abstinence from drug use
Engage more people with lived experience of substance use to provide support for, and build trust with, people who use drugs, and update best practices for people working in these peer support roles
3. Criminalization of drugs and the people who use them
While substance use is a health issue, it is treated as a criminal justice issue in Canada which creates barriers to health services, particularly for people living in deep poverty. It leads health care providers to require that people stop using drugs in order to receive care; deters people from accessing services and supports which would build their resilience and improve their well-being; and drives the inevitable market of illegal drugs which have become increasingly toxic. Moreover, federal drug policy is rooted in colonialism and racism, not in science or public health, and disproportionately impacts Black and Indigenous communities.
In Toronto, promising work is underway to address this systemic barrier: Toronto Public Health’s request to Health Canada to decriminalize illicit drug possession is a decisive policy action. Allowing the possession of drugs for personal use is imperative for decreasing stigma, creating pathways to health care, and improving health outcomes for people who use drugs. Equally critical is how policy change is implemented: people who use substances need to feel safe, supported, and respected, and all front-line service providers and first responders must be well-equipped to operate in a new environment that allows for personal drug possession.
Actions for the City of Toronto:
Equip service providers and first responders with the training and education to embrace a trauma-informed approach that:
Accepts and understands the impact of trauma on one’s health and well-being
Provides an opportunity for people to express their needs and experiences
Cultivates safety in every interaction to build trusting relationships with the community
Equip service providers and first responders with the training and education to gain a strong understanding of:
The realities of drug use (i.e. types of substances, quantities for personal use, recognize paraphernalia)
The impact that different drugs can have on different people (i.e. tolerance levels, reactions to various substances)
Optimal supports and services for immediate, crisis intervention
The difference between ‘sharing drugs’ for personal use and ‘trafficking’, to ensure that people who use substances are not targeted
In the Toronto Drug Strategy, re-define the pillar of “enforcement” to focus on: protecting people from a toxic drug supply; reducing the harms of substance use, including stigma and discrimination; community-led solutions to respond to mental health crises and wellness checks; and respecting the health, dignity and human rights of people who use drugs
Casey House recognizes and acknowledges that systemic inequities deeply affect our clients, and believes it is our responsibility to advocate for compassionate and socially-just health care. Our advocacy seeks to address the structural barriers that prevent optimal health, and improve the well-being of all people living with or at risk of HIV. To learn more, visit Advocacy.
The first annual sacred bundle feast of the drums took place at Casey House, September 22, 2022. This special occasion brought together sacred drums and their caretakers from eight local Toronto hospitals and special guests to participate in the feast. Each hospital had been gifted a drum for traditional healing by the Toronto Central Regional Indigenous Cancer Program (TCR-ICP) for Indigenous community members, staff, peers, volunteers to use in ceremony and spiritual practices.
After a welcome from Casey House CEO Joanne Simons, the ceremony began with an opening prayer and smudge from traditional knowledge keeper Elder Kawennanoron Cindy White and Oshkaawbewis (helper), Christine Monague, which was accompanied by traditional ceremony songs and drumming from Rod Michano. Elder Cindy smudged all the sacred items, then honoured each one with tobacco. She explained that Indigenous worldview says the “medicine that you need grows around you.”
Next, Elder Cindy explained that this ceremony was to say thank you to the drums for the work that has been done and to prepare for the next cycle. Alongside Indigenous patient navigator, Leonard Benoit, Elder Cindy spoke about the tools needed to find the way back to the creator, to reestablish a connection with the one that made us. While the drum represents the heartbeat of mother earth, the rattle calls in the spirit, and a pipe helps communicate with the Creator.
An important part of the ceremony was offering two new sacred items to each hospital’s bundle: a rattle and a copper cup. Together, Leonard and Elder Cindy dipped feathers and an eagle wing into cedar water and sprinkled it on each drum and rattle. Each hospital has a designated staff who is drum keeper is responsible for the care and access of the sacred bundle. After the new sacred items were blessed, each bundle returned to their carrier and the Elder offered a song in honour of the bundles.
This was the first time all the drums had been brought together; Casey House was honoured to host the inaugural bundle feast. Going forward, each hospital will be responsible for hosting the bundle feast yearly.
The drum and sacred bundle are part of Casey House’s commitment to build relationships and improve the holistic care and experience of Indigenous clients, community members, and staff. The TCR-ICP understands the important role(s) that Indigenous healing practices and ceremonies have, which can impact the health and healing of the Indigenous community. Therefore, the TCR-ICP works to build capacity amongst local hospitals to provide Indigenous medicine in conjunction with traditional western healing practices.
Casey House is committed to supporting the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada final report’s ‘Calls to Action’, including incorporating Indigenous healing practices into service delivery and organizational practices.
Casey House was recently honoured with the gift of a sacred drum for clients, staff, peers, volunteers and families to use for ceremonies and spiritual practices.
On April 30, 2022, The Toronto Central Regional Indigenous Cancer Program (TCR-ICP) gifted a ceremonial hand drum to Casey House, making it the seventh local hospital to receive this physical representation of Mother Earth’s heartbeat. This special rhythm facilitates healing and realignment of the four realms of human existence (mental, spiritual, emotional and physical) as the Creator revolves around the rhythm.
This significant and symbolic gift recognizes Casey House’s ongoing work to build relationships and improve the holistic care and experience of Indigenous staff, clients, and community members. The TCR-ICP works to build capacity amongst local hospitals to provide Indigenous medicine in conjunction with traditional western healing practices.
Elder Linda Barkman
This special occasion brought together members of both organizations and special guests to participate and witness the offering. The ceremony began with an opening prayer smudge from traditional knowledge keeper Elder Linda Barkman, followed by a welcoming song by drummer and singer Sara Luey, and a land acknowledgment recognizing the lasting impacts of colonialism for Indigenous peoples from Jennifer Dewling, chair of Casey House’s board of directors. With the guidance of Casey House client Rod Michano, tobacco ties were offered to the TCR-ICP staff in reciprocity for the gift of the drum and honouring our relationship.
Next, there was an offering to the drum. Indigenous patient navigator Leonard Benoit blessed the drum as he explained that the top of the drum is the sky, the bottom is the earth, and the circle presents balance, equality, wholeness, and connection. Leonard also shared his journey with the drum, which he had brought to a river under the most recent full moon to bless it near water.
Sonya Robins, Casey House inpatient clinical lead, offered a tobacco tie to Leonard and accepted the drum on behalf of the hospital. The drum was awakened in all four cardinal directions: east, south, west, and north. Sonya accepted the gift as part of Casey House’s commitment to build relationships and provide culturally safe care for Indigenous patients.
Sonya and Leonard
The drum was paired with its first singer Rod Michano, who sang a Turtle song for those assembled.
Rod
Finally, as Sara drummed a heartbeat, guests tied orange ribbons to the courtyard trees in honour of the recently discovered and unmarked gravesites on the properties of former Residential schools. After some time, the ribbons will be removed and put to another purpose so they can be brought back to the earth.
Sonya, keeper of the drum, is learning how to take care of this healing and ceremonial tool, as Casey House looks forward to offering the drum for clients and families to use in their individual journeys of health and wellness.
Casey House is committed to supporting the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada final report’s ‘calls to action’, including incorporating Indigenous healing practices into service delivery and organizational practices.
Ontario votes on Thursday, June 2, 2022! As an organization committed to improving health care and outcomes for people who use drugs, Casey House is sharing our insights and ideas for how the next Ontario government can reduce the risks of substance use through harm reduction.
At our hospital, we build relationships through our harm reduction approach; we work side-by-side with clients, respectfully supporting them to drive decisions regarding their own care. In our election platform, we share our recommendations for how the next government can further embed harm reduction in health care across Ontario.
Casey House's election platform
Unequivocal Compassion: Reducing the risks of substance use through thoughtful, tailored health care
For decades, harm reduction has been shown to prevent and reverse overdoses, reduce infectious disease transmission, decreases public drug use and unsafe practices, and saves costs. Harm reduction also reaches people who traditionally have not accessed health and social services, keeps them connected to care, and is more responsive to the diverse needs of Ontarians.
Casey House believes that reducing the risks of drug use through harm reduction in a judgment-free environment is an essential health service. When harm reduction is a meaningful part of health care, more people are kept alive, safe and supported.
At minimum, Casey House recommends that the next Ontario government further embed harm reduction in health care by improving access to safer injection and inhalation drug use supplies across the health care system.
Use your voice: question for candidates in your riding
In addition to voting, you have an opportunity to raise issues you care about with all candidates vying for a seat in the Ontario legislature. To help you engage with political hopefuls in your community, here is a question to ask any candidate:
What will your party do to address the accelerating overdose crisis in Ontario?
If you are a Canadian citizen, a resident of Ontario, and 18+ on election day, you have the right to vote. When you exercise this right, you help choose who represents you in government.
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If you’re not already registered (or if you’re unsure and need to check), Use Elections Ontario’s eRegistration to confirm, update or add your voter information before May 23.
Do you know who is running in your riding?
Visit elections.on.ca and type your postal code into the Voter Information Service box for information about your riding.
Casey House is committed to improving health care and outcomes for people who use drugs by advocating for judgment-free and trauma-informed care, access to harm reduction services, and progressive drug policy that promotes the health, dignity and human rights of people who use drugs. To learn more, visit Advocacy.
Casey House’s annual auction of Canadian contemporary art, Art With Heart, is entering its 29th year. While the auction is still many months away, the planning phase is well underway. In response to our open call for submissions, independent artists and galleries from across Canada have shared hundreds of artwork for consideration, representing a range of styles, techniques, and forms of expression. The review and selection of artwork to form this year’s collection takes weeks to complete, and began as soon as our public call closed.
What makes this process possible? The Casey House Foundation team benefits enormously from the incredible support and dedication of an Art With Heart curatorial committee: a group of artists, gallerists, collectors, and arts professionals who volunteer their time to bring their visions and voices to assemble the collection.
This year, we are thrilled to welcome four new members to the curatorial committee:
Sara Angel, founder and executive director of the Art Canada Institute, Toronto
Michelle Jacques, head of exhibitions & collections and chief curator at Remai Modern, Saskatoon
Nicolas Robert, founder and director, Gallery Nicolas Robert, Montreal and Toronto
The returning members of the Art With Heart curatorial committee are:
Dan Menchions, Co-chair
Laura Dawe, Co-chair
April Hickox
Brian Pel
Devan Patel
Jane Hutchison
Jennie Kraehling
Raoul Olou
Spencer Shevlen
Steven Baum
Steven Rapkin
Stuart Keeler
Together, the members of this dynamic committee build sustaining relationships in the arts community, while working collaboratively to shape the stellar collection of artwork we bring to auction in October. Sharing a common goal to raise vital funds to support compassionate, transformational health care at Casey House, celebrating art and social justice.
Cheers to Art With Heart 2022 and the stunning collection to be auctioned October 18th!
Casey House believes that reducing the risks of drug use through harm reduction in a judgment-free environment is an essential health service. We believe that health care should be thoughtful, tailored, and meet people where they are at, and that wide-ranging harm reduction services are needed as part of overall health care.
Casey House is unlike any other hospital. We build relationships through our harm reduction approach. We are committed to improving quality of life, creating stability and helping clients reach their health and wellness goals. We constantly look for ways to help more people overcome barriers that perpetuate health inequities and access care. In August 2021, Casey House became the first hospital in Ontario to provide on-site 24/7 supervised consumption services (SCS) as part of our inpatient unit. In April 2022, we expanded this service to include outpatient clients.
For many people, substance use is a way to cope with intersecting challenges such as trauma, poverty, homelessness and mental health concerns, which can create multiple barriers to having one’s basic needs met. The drug poisoning crisis, housing crisis, and COVID-19 pandemic all exacerbate the risks faced by people who use substances. Given the increasingly toxic supply of unregulated drugs and growing risk of overdose, the need for responsive programs like supervised consumption services is urgent.
For decades, harm reduction has been shown to prevent and reverse overdoses, promote safer drug use, and reduce infectious disease transmission. Supervised consumption services provide a safe space for people to use their own drugs under the care of trained health care staff – without judgment or requiring that they stop using substances. In addition to creating this supportive environment, SCS provide drug testing, sterile equipment and education on safer drug use and overdose prevention. Imbedded in our outpatient nursing clinic, SCS also helps facilitate seamless access to other health services. These services are a critical part of health care overall, and enable our clinical team members to deliver thoughtful, tailored care that meets people where they are at.
Fostering trust and connection to care
People who use drugs often experience significant barriers to care for a wide range of health needs, including those unrelated to their substance use. Many health professionals are not well equipped to understand and consider the realities of substance use when providing care, and stigma continues to be widespread. Entrenched attitudes to substance use in hospitals without a harm reduction approach can lead people to discharge themselves early, or be hesitant to access health care at all.
In Casey House’s experience, providing harm reduction care in a judgment-free environment helps: communicate openness; encourage people to speak with health care providers about their drug use; and increase the willingness of both clinicians and the people they care for to discuss drug-related harms. Research has shown that supervised consumption services have a unique opportunity to connect people to referrals and other programs, and help address health needs that may otherwise go unchecked. Providing SCS in a compassionate and judgment-free environment can help build stronger relationships with people who use drugs and keep them connected to the care they need.
A role for hospitals
Although harm reduction is a key pillar of Canada’s national public health approach to substance use, and while services are broadly available across the country, access remains a critical gap in many communities and harm reduction approaches are not yet common in hospital settings. Providing a diverse range of harm reduction services across the health care system enables people who use drugs to access care that is responsive to the reality of their lives, and research has demonstrated that SCS save costs for health systems overall. Hospitals have a unique and significant opportunity to increase access to harm reduction services, support destigmatizing policies and actions, and improve health care and outcomes for people who use drugs.
Casey House honours the tremendous work of the harm reduction community across the country, who laid the groundwork over many years for hospital-based supervised consumption to become a reality.
Casey House is committed to improving health care and outcomes for people who use drugs by advocating for judgment-free and trauma-informed care, access to harm reduction services, and progressive drug policy that promotes the health, dignity and human rights of people who use drugs. To learn more, visit Advocacy.
