Overdose Resources

PDS Factsheets

• Opioid Fact Sheet* (PDS, 2018)
• Fentanyl Fact Sheet* (PDS, 2018)
• Naloxone Myths Fact Sheet* (PDS, 2018)
• Treatment Fact Sheet* (PDS, 2019)

Opioid Response Protocols in Workplaces

• Developing an Opioid Overdose Response Protocol: Information for Workplaces* (PDS, 2018)
• Post this sign in your bathroom to remind staff, clients or patrons how to identify an overdose and that naloxone is available onsite* (PDS, 2018) High Resolution | Low Resolution
• Reducing Harms: Recognizing and Responding to Opioid Overdoses in your Organization (CMHA, 2017)

How to Access Naloxone

• How to access naloxone in Peterborough (PDS and PPH, 2023)*
• Where individuals in Ontario can access naloxone in their community (Government of Ontario)

More Overdose Information

• Municipal Drug Strategy Co-ordinator’s Network of Ontario (2015). Prescription for Life. Accessed at: http://www.drugstrategy.ca/prescription-for-life.html
  
• BC Centre on Substance Use. (2018). Gone Too Soon: Navigating grief and loss as a result of substance use. Accessed at: https://www2.gov.bc.ca/assets/gov/birth-adoption-death-marriage-and-divorce/deaths/coroners-service/news/2018/bccsu_grief_handbook.pdf

*All PDS authored resources may be utilized or adapted to the needs of individual groups or agencies without permission. Please include reference to the PDS as the original author and the original year of publication.