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Harm Reduction

Médecins du Monde’s Harm Reduction approach promotes health, social justice, empowerment, respect and dignity for individuals in their life and health journeys. It is a hallmark of our uniqueness and expertise. We are committed to strengthening the cross-cutting integration of the Harm Reduction approach in each of our campaigns.

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Every person is an expert of their own health.

The Harm Reduction approach places individuals at the heart of their own health journey, recognizing their experiential knowledge and capacity to act. Médecins du Monde Canada promotes this pragmatic and humanistic approach, which aims to reduce the negative consequences of certain behaviors or structural obstacles on health, without judgment or stigmatization.

It is a hallmark of our expertise that we continue to develop and share, both internally and with our partners in the community and institutional networks.

In numbers
22 828
people would have died in Canada from opioid-related poisoning between 2016 and 2021
485
overdose-related deaths were recorded in Quebec in 2024
33 %
increase compared to the previous year
1442
encounters carried out by the mobile clinic team between 2025 and 2026
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The Coalition for Supervised Consumption Services denounces the adoption of Bill 103, which diverts attention from the real causes. National actions 19 November 2025 The Coalition for Supervised Consumption Services denounces the adoption of Bill 103, which diverts attention from the real causes. MONTRÉAL, November 19, 2025 – The Coalition for Supervised Consumption Services in Quebec (SCS) firmly denounces the adoption of Bill 103 by the National Assembly. This law represents a dangerous setback in the fight against the overdose crisis. By weakening already established services and erecting barriers to the opening of new SCS, the government is endangering essential health services that save lives and whose effectiveness is well established. Read Supervised Consumption Services (SCS): 30 organizations rally to protect life-saving essential services National actions 2 June 2025 Supervised Consumption Services (SCS): 30 organizations rally to protect life-saving essential services MONTRÉAL, June 2, 2025 – On the eve of the special consultations on Bill 103, *An Act mainly to regulate supervised consumption sites in order to promote harmonious cohabitation with the community*, a coalition of 30 harm reduction organizations is calling on the Government of Quebec to withdraw the bill immediately, as outlined in a brief submitted today. Deploring a punitive and bureaucratic approach, the coalition is calling for a genuine consultation based on public health, evidence-based data and fundamental rights. Read Bill 103: A source of concern for care delivery, overdose prevention and the ability to save lives National actions 8 May 2025 Bill 103: A source of concern for care delivery, overdose prevention and the ability to save lives MONTRÉAL, May 8, 2025 – Doctors of the World Canada, the Association of Addiction Intervention Workers of Quebec (AIDQ), and 26 other organizations in a coalition working in harm reduction express their concerns regarding Bill 103, tabled on May 6 by Quebec’s Minister responsible for Social Services, Lionel Carmant. Presented as a tool for harmonious coexistence, this bill risks hindering access to essential services for people who use drugs and/or are experiencing homelessness. Its implementation could lead to a dangerous rollback of care and support services in the context of the overdose and homelessness crisis. Read

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2026 Cadres et positionnements Quebec 2026 Election Platform PDF · 17 p. · EN Download 2024 Cadres et positionnements Harm Reduction Approach PDF · 14 p. · EN Download