Canada’s new Guidance on Alcohol and Health is coming in January 2023
CCSA’s update to Canada’s Low-Risk Alcohol Drinking Guidelines, now called the Guidance on Alcohol and Health, will be available soon. The fall 2022 public consultation on the research was an overwhelming success, with nearly 1,000 submissions.
Our expert panel has been provided with the time to evaluate each piece of feedback to ensure that the guidance is as clear, readable and effective in communicating the research as is possible.
Our projected release date for Canada’s Guidance on Alcohol and Health is January 17, 2023.
CCSA Spotlight
Knowing Your Limits with Cannabis: A Practical Guide to Assessing Your Cannabis Use
Helps people reflect on their cannabis use patterns while providing tips and strategies to encourage lower-risk behaviours to reduce harm. Individuals can use this independently or with the support of healthcare, mental health or addiction service providers.
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Community Urinalysis and Self-Report Project: Cross-Canada Report on the Use of Drugs from the Unregulated Supply, 2019-2021 Data
Presents substance use trends and describes whether expected substance use matched actual substance contents. Data were collected from harm reduction sites in seven regions across Canada that participated in the Community Urinalysis and Self-Report Project between 2019 and 2021.
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Enhancing Drug-Impaired Driving Data across Canada: A Summary of 34 Recommended Data Indicators
A summary table highlighting 34 recommended indicators for enhancing and standardizing the collection of drug-impaired driving data in Canada to help reduce injuries and fatalities. The indicators are divided into nine separate categories related to law enforcement and justice, health, transport, a…
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Are There Risks to Vaping Cannabis?
The videos below provide an overview of cannabis vaping and its risks. They touch on the different mental and physical risks that are linked with vaping cannabis and provide recommendations on how to lower the risks if one chooses to vape cannabis.
To compliment the videos, we have produced Talking to Youth about Cannabis Vaping, a guide for healthcare professionals.
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