CCSA experts are among Canada’s leading authorities on substance use and addiction. On a weekly —sometimes daily — basis, we receive requests from media to weigh in on the most timely and pressing issues of the day. Here are some of the most recent news stories featuring our experts.
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July 7, 2020| Ottawa Sun
Substance use costs 75,000 lives annually and more than $1,250 for every person in Canada [CCSA interview]
July 3, 2020| Canadian Red Cross
Study shows pandemic affecting Canadians’ consumption of alcohol and cannabis (CCSA quoted)
February 14, 2020| Mississauga.com
'Life-saving intervention:' Drug users lobby for supervised consumption sites in Peel [CCSA interview]
February 13, 2020| The Globe and Mail
How misuse of benzodiazepines, a common class of anti-anxiety medication, can lead to dependency [CCSA interview]
February 12, 2020| Maclean’s
Lucy Maud Montgomery’s agonizing drug addiction [CCSA interview]
November 25, 2019| London Free Press
'There's no blood test for addiction': Troubling data in Ottawa's opioid crisis [CCSA quoted]
November 21, 2019| The Gananoque Reporter
'The bodies are piling up': Inside the opioid epidemic and the crisis that won't go away [CCSA interview]
November 5, 2019| DATAC
Cannabis edibles may pose new challenges [CCSA interview]
October 30, 2019| The Star
Productivity cost of the opioid crisis pegged at $4.7 billion [CCSA interview]
October 17, 2019| Sixth Estate
It’s Legal Today: Public Education on the New Cannabis Products [CCSA interview]
October 17, 2019| CTV News
What are the risks of consuming cannabis edibles? Expert weighs in [CCSA interview]
October 4, 2019| The Western Star
How legal pot is helping or hindering Atlantic Canadians [CCSA quoted author]
September 24, 2019| The Canadian Journal of Addiction
Cannabis Use, Anxiety, and Perceptions of Risk among Canadian Undergraduates [Article by CCSA author]
September 3, 2019| The Concordian
Frosh week: an increase in alcohol-related injuries [CCSA interview]
July 22, 2019| Ottawa Citizen