DGO Alphabet Soup
The expanded form of the acronym OLRA
What is the Office of Legislative and Regulatory Affairs?
This term refers to negative attitudes, beliefs, or behaviours directed at a group of people due to their life circumstances or actions
What is stigma?
In 2023, more than half of the newly identified NPS were in samples from this province
What is Ontario?
This staff member authored an article titled "Coping with the COVID-19 Pandemic: Examining Gender Differences in Stress and Mental Health among University Students"
Who is Rebecca Prowse?
This substance was once popularly used as a diet pill in America in the 1950s and 1960s.
What is methamphetamine?
The expanded form of the acronym ODORP
What is the Office of Drug and Overdose Response Policy?
This form of writing/speaking emphasizes the person and views the disorder, disease, condition, or disability as only one part of the whole person
What is person-first language?
This Health Canada entity analyzes illicit drugs and substances submitted by Canadian law enforcement and public health officials
What is the Drug Analysis Service?
This staff member authored an article titled "Frailty prevalence in the COMPASS-ND study of neurodegenerative disorders"
Who is Jacqueline Burt?
Dried latex of the Papaver somniferum plant is known as this
What is opium?
The expanded form of the acronym OSIE
What is the Office of Strategic Initiatives and Engagement?
This kind of stigma is when someone internalizes and applies negative messages about people who use substances to themselves
What is self stigma?
Law enforcement and public health officials can send samples of unknown substances to laboratories in these 3 cities for analysis
What are Montreal, Toronto, and Vancouver?
This staff member authored an article titled "The Influence of Light at Night Exposure on Melatonin Levels among Canadian Rotating Shift Nurses"
Who is Anne Grundy?
Fentanyl was first synthesized in this country
What is Belgium?
The expanded form of the acronym LSD
What is lysergic acid diethylamide?
This kind of stigma consists of negative attitudes or behaviours by others towards people who use drugs or towards their friends and family
What is social stigma?
DAS assists law enforcement on the ground for this dangerous task
What is dismantling illegal drug laboratories?
This staff member authored an article titled "Assessment of the combination of temperature and relative humidity on kidney stone presentations"
Who is Michelle Ross?
This popular song, not typically associated with substance use, includes the lyrics: "Smilin' in the pictures you would take. Doin' crystal meth will lift you up until you break"
What is "Semi-Charmed Life" by Third Eye Blind?
The expanded form of the acronym MDMA
What is 3,4-methylenedioxymethamphetamine?
This kind of stigma consists of policies in health and social services that increase stigma and barriers to getting help
What is structural stigma?
In 2023, this substance emerged as the most commonly identified NPS in DAS samples
What is Methylfentanyl?
This staff member authored an article titled "Describing antimicrobial use and reported treatment efficacy in Ontario swine using the Ontario swine veterinary-based Surveillance program"
Who is Shiona Glass-Kaastra?
This is the exact date cannabis was legalized in Canada
What is October 17, 2018?