Snapshot
Introducing the Lower-Risk Gambling Guidelines
CCSA has released the Lower-Risk Gambling Guidelines (LRGG). The result of five years of intense research, the guidelines provide evidence-informed advice to help people living in Canada make informed decisions about how to gamble in a lower-risk way.
Visit our LRGG website to learn more about the guidelines, the types of harms people can experience, populations especially at risk and safety tips for avoiding gambling harms.
CCSA Spotlight
Clearing the Smoke on Cannabis: Respiratory and Cardiovascular Effects of Cannabis Smoking [report]
Reviews research about the effects of smoking cannabis on the cardiovascular and respiratory systems (heart and lungs). Findings of the report include that cannabis smoke contains many of the same chemicals as tobacco smoke, emerging evidence that quitting cannabis smoking can reverse some of the n…
Event
Learn more about CCSA's Issues of Substance Conference
CCSA's Issues of Substance Conference
CCSA’s Issues of Substance is the flagship event of the Canadian Centre on Substance Use and Addiction (CCSA). The biennial event is Canada’s only national conference that brings together addiction workers, healthcare professionals, researchers, policy makers, knowledge brokers, and people with dir…
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Publication
Mental Health and Substance Use During COVID-19: Spotlight on Canadian Households with Young Children [infographic]
Highlights key data from the Mental Health and Substance Use During COVID-19: Spotlight on Gender and Household Size summary report. Also provides tips and resources to help Canadians cope with stress, anxiety and substance use during the pandemic.
Learn more about Mental Health and Substance Use During COVID-19: Spotlight on Canadian Households with Young Children [infographic]
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CCSA News
September 15, 2021
World’s First Lower-Risk Gambling Guidelines: Helping People in Canada Make Informed Decisions
August 10, 2021
Opioids and the Trades: Supporting Employee Health and Safety
July 9, 2021
Recruitment Notice for CCSA CEO
Addiction News Daily
September 15, 2021
| CTV News
New guidelines released for Windsor-Essex residents to consider before gambling [CCSA interview]
September 4, 2021
| CTV News
'We have to face it head-on': Canada's opioid crisis should be front and centre this election, advocates say
September 17, 2021
| The Tyee