Learn & Connect

The Drug Strategy Network of Ontario (DSNO) (formerly Municipal Drug Strategy Coordinator's Network of Ontario - MDSCNO) aims to reduce the harms of substance use in Ontario. It is a place for collaboration and information exchange, and for developing strategies that lend support to provincial, regional, and local community initiatives. The DSNO is also a place for peer-to-peer support and connection, with a focus on strengthening and sustaining local drug strategy governance, communications, human resources, and fundraising.

Drug Strategy Operations

Need a job description for a Drug Strategy Coordinator? Want to see examples of successful communications campaigns? Interested in creating a terms of reference for your drug strategy steering committee?

Join DSNO and gain access to sharing of operations resources and lessons learned.

Knowledge Exchange

Local Ontario drug strategies are based on a four pillar, evidence-based model for reducing the harms associated with substance
use: prevention, harm reduction, treatment and recovery, and community safety.

Join DSNO to learn about evidence-based publications and supports.

Peer-to-Peer Connection

"There is a unity about what we are all up against. We can see our local work in the context of the bigger picture. This network is a group that understands what I'm going through."
- DSNO member

Join DSNO to connect with others who can relate to the unique work of local cross-sector collaboration.

Regional & Provincial Collaboration

From time-to-time, DSNO members develop public strategies and resources that lend support to provincial, regional, and local community initiatives.

Find Regional & Provincial Collaboration initiatives using the main website menu.