Framework for a Public Health Approach to Substance Use

This policy statement provides an overview of what CPHA endorses as a public health approach to substance use and describes the approach that CPHA will use to develop policy advocacy or programmatic work on related topics.

The development of this framework was initiated by CPHA’s "Normalizing Conversations" project and informed by individuals and communities across Canada through key informant interviews and focus groups with people who use drugs (PWUD), people with lived and living experience (PWLLE), public health practitioners, health and social service providers, and other professionals.