Videos

• I Died Six Times….Let’s End the Stigma of Harm Reduction (TED Talk), Guy Felicella, (Click here to watch on Youtube)

• Everything you think you know about Addiction is wrong (TED Talk), Johann Hari, (Click here to watch on Youtube)

• For more recommended videos and films, visit our growing library of visual educational resources at: www.momsstoptheharm.com/videos

Websites

• From Grief to Action Coping Kit - Resource kit that focuses on questions, issues, and practical problems faced by parents, guardians, and loved ones of people who use drugs.

• Parents Like Us: The Unofficial Survival Guide to Parenting a Young Person with a Substance Use Disorder - This handbook by the Foundry is a collection of shared experiences and stories to help other parents and caregivers find refuge, support, and courage to reach out for help.

• Opioids: A Survivor’s Guide - Written by people on OAT, this is an accessible resource intended to help people who use opioids understand their options.

• BC Centre on Substance Use - The BC Centre on Substance Use is a provincially networked organization with a mandate to develop, help implement, and evaluate evidence-based approaches to substance use and addiction.

• Starlings Community - To stop intergenerational cycles of trauma, mental illness, and substance use disorder in families exposed to the stress and stigma of a parent's substance use.

• CCSA - In-Patient Treatment for Substance Use in Canada. Provides information on frequently asked questions about in-patient treatment programs, explains what a person thinking about in-patient treatment should consider, such as individual goals, preferences, cost and availability.

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• Alberta Health Services Health Link 811 24/7 nurse advice and general health information.

• Alberta Health Services information on overdose prevention, response and harm reduction.

• Recovery Access Alberta Directory is a provincial navigation tool to help Albertans seeking in or outpatient treatment programs and services.

• Alberta’s Virtual Opioid Dependency Program - Same Day Medication Starts, Opioid Treatment Transition Service, and Ongoing Opioid Dependency Care. 7 Days Per Week.

• Canadian Mental Health Association - Alberta Division

  • Need Help? Call 211 (Alberta only) or the Mental Health Help Line at 1-877-303-2642

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• Manitoba Health Authorities

• Manitoba Mental Health and Addictions

• Manitoba Harm Reduction Network

• Manitoba Addiction Helpline: 1-855-662-6605

• Manitoba Suicide Line: 1-877-435-7170

• Prairie Mountain Regional Health Authority Crisis Services: 1-888-379-7699

• Southern Regional Health Authority Crisis Support: 1-888-617-7715

SK

• Saskatchewan Healthline, Ministry of Health: 811, 1-877-800-0002, or 1-306-766-6600

• Saskatchewan Harm Reduction Programs and Services

• Saskatchewan Health Authority

• Saskatchewan Alcohol and Drug Support

ON

• Centre for Addiction and Mental Health Ontario: 1-866-531-2600

• ConnexOntario Addiction Treatment Helpline: 1-866-531-2600

QC

• Drugs Helps and Referral: 1-800-265-2626, or 1-514-527-2626

NB

• Chimo is a provincial crisis phone line, accessible 24 hours a day, 365 days a year to all residents of New Brunswick: 1-800-667-5005

• Mental Health and Well-Being

YK

• Mental Wellness and Substance Use Services, Health and Social Services: 1-866-456-3838