Reducing the Harm Associated with Injection Drug Use in Canada

Preface

The mandate of the Advisory Committee on Population Health (ACPH) is to develop and provide policy advice to the Conference of Deputy Ministers of Health on current and future population health (including public health^a) issues of national significance that require or may benefit from provincial, territorial and federal consensus and collaboration. The ACPH is comprised of representatives of Health Canada, provincial and territorial governments as well as non-governmental organizations.

This paper is a joint effort of ACPH and three federal/provincial/territorial (F/P/T) committees representing drugs, AIDS, corrections, and justice:

• F/P/T Committee on Alcohol and Other Drug Issues;
  
• F/P/T Advisory Committee on AIDS; and
  
• F/P/T Heads of Corrections Working Group on HIV/AIDS

Contributions to the development of this paper were also provided by:

• Health Canada
  
• Royal Canadian Mounted Police
  
• Correctional Service Canada
  
• Justice Canada
  
• A broad range of provincial and territorial representatives from sectors including health, police, corrections, justice and social services.
  

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^a For the remainder of this document, where there is a reference to population health or to the work of the Advisory Committee on Population Health, the reader will know that public health issues are inherent within the framework of population health.