Toronto Public Health Actions to Seek Alternatives to Drug Criminalization

Starting in February 2022, Toronto Public Health launched a series of focused working groups to refine the proposed Toronto model and provide further detail to Health Canada on the initial exemption request submitted on January 4, 2022. Toronto Public Health also hosts a reference table, made up of over 35 health and social organizations and individuals representing people who use drugs. The following is a summary of the progress made by these working groups by the end of May 2022.