Get Sensible Announces New PSA Video Project 🚀🎥🎬


Canadian Students for Sensible Drug Policy and the Get Sensible team are thrilled to announce that we were selected as part of the Ontario Cannabis Store’s Social Impact Fund. We are honoured to be in company alongside many other projects doing important work in the cannabis space to improve the wellbeing of people who use cannabis and outcomes for communities impacted by cannabis policies.

This project is focused on co-creating a series of Public Service Announcements alongside young people with lived experience of cannabis use, to mobilize tangible harm reduction tools through relatable messages. Young people are a priority population under our cannabis legislation, disproportionately affected by cannabis policies and regulations and often lacking access to evidence-based information on responsible consumption and harm reduction.


Much of the media surrounding cannabis use history has relied on stereotypes, stigmatizing and fear mongering under the guise of education but science has shown that these methods are ineffective at best and counterproductive at worst. This project seeks to create accessible and non-judgemental media demonstrating how to have healthier and more productive conversations about cannabis and cannabis use and how to foster healthier relationships with cannabis from the perspective of young people with diverse backgrounds and experiences while mobilizing harm reduction messages and promoting responsible consumption.

The video series would use humour and relatable and realistic representation to make messages resonate and so that people share them with friends, family, and peers. Leveraging Gen-Z humour with elements of satire, irony, and commentary, the videos would subvert traditional PSA tropes to convey harm reduction messages promoting responsible consumption in ways that are engaging and entertaining rather than stigmatizing and fear mongering. The video series, similarly to much of our materials, would prioritize diverse representations of youth experiences and accessibility.

As part of this project, Get Sensible will be hiring a youth content creative team to serve as a writer’s room with hopes to engage young people in or from Ontario with lived experience who are early in their career as artists (writers, actors, videographers, editors, etc.) so follow us to stay in the loop for opportunities to get involved!

For more information about the project or for media inquiries, please reach out to heath@cssdp.org or kiah@cssdp.org

Get Sensible launches survey collab with CPHA! 🔍


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Get Sensible, a project by Canadian Students for Sensible Drug Policy, has partnered with the Canadian Public Health Association, a non-governmental organization and trusted advocate for public health to create a guide for service providers on how to better engage with and support youth who use drugs, and a companion guide for youth on navigating healthcare systems.


As part of this process, we have launched two surveys:


The surveys take about 15 minutes to complete, and ask questions about how to help improve youth healthcare service outcomes and facilitate more compassionate care for YPWUD who often experience stigma and discrimination when accessing healthcare.


Responses are completely anonymous and confidential, and no personal information will be collected. The data will not be published or used for any research activities.


We will also be conducting focus groups for both YPWUD and HCP. If you’re interested in participating in a focus group, please complete the appropriate registration form:
Youth Focus Group Registration Form
Healthcare Provider Focus Group

Thank you for your participation! For any questions or more information, please contact heath@cssdp.org

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Penser Sensé.e, un projet par Étudiant.es Canadien.nes pour les politiques éclairées sur les substances psychoactives, s’est associé avec l’Association Canadienne de Santé Publique, une organization non-gouvernementale et avocat de confiance pour la santé publique pour éclairer l’élaboration d’un guide pour les fournisseurs de services sur la façon de mieux s’engager auprès des jeunes qui consomment de la drogue et de les soutenir, ainsi qu’un guide d’accompagnement pour les jeunes sur la navigation dans les systèmes de santé.


L’ enquête à pour but de recueillir des informations sur les expériences des prestataires de services dans les établissements de santé avec le soutien des jeunes (âgés de 16 à 25 ans) qui consomment des drogues, y compris les obstacles, les facilitateurs et les recommandations pour aider à améliorer les résultats des services de santé pour les jeunes.

  • Une enquête pour les jeunes consommateurs de drogues (JCD) afin d’explorer leurs expériences de navigation dans les systèmes de soins de santé et leurs interactions avec les prestataires de soins de santé.
  • Une enquête destinée aux soignants afin de recueillir des informations sur les expériences des prestataires de services dans les établissements de santé qui soutiennent les jeunes (âgés de 16 à 25 ans) qui consomment des drogues.

L’enquête prendra environ 15 minutes à compléter. Vos réponses sont totalement anonymes et confidentielles, et aucune information personnelle ne sera collectée. Les données ne seront pas publiées ou utilisées pour des activités de recherche.

Si vous souhaitez participer à un groupe de discussion, veuillez remplir le formulaire suivant:
Groupe de discussion pour les jeunes consommateurs de drogues
Groupe de discussion des soignants

Merci de votre participation! Si vous avez plus de questions ou désirez plus d’information, s’il vous plaît contactez:
heath@cssdp.org