Association Québécoise pour la Promotion de la Santé des Personnes Utilisatrices de Drogues
Description:
* Raising awareness about the means to improve the living conditions of people who use drugs to the public, community groups and institutions in a perspective of mischiefs reduction.
* Training workshops and creation of tools for drug users and for health promotion and sexually transmitted and blood-borne infections (STBBIs) prevention partners.
* L’Injecteur: newspaper published By and For drug users in Quebec.
* Responsible for the ADDICQ (Association pour la défense des personnes qui consomment des drogues au Québec).
* Naloxone kits distribution.
* Interventions in festive environments.
* Distribution of fentanyl test strips.
* Gathering for the International Day for Drug Overdose Awareness.
Type of addiction:
Drugs
Customer base:
people using drugs, gathering for the International Overdose Awareness Day: general public
Costs:
none, L'Injecteur: voluntary contribution
Territory served:
Province of Québec, gathering for the International Overdose Awareness Day: Émilie-Gamelin Park
Accommodation:
Without accommodation
Legal status:
non-profit organization
Language of service:
French; English