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Informing Change: CCSA Annual Report, 2019-2020
Corporate Report

Informing Change: CCSA Annual Report, 2019-2020

Outlines the activities of CCSA in fiscal year 2019–2020 and provides the auditor’s report.

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Improving Data Collection for Substance Use Treatment [Policy Brief]
Policy Brief

Improving Data Collection for Substance Use Treatment [Policy Brief]

Summarizes the results of consultations with key informants across jurisdictions on the challenges of collecting and reporting data on substance use treatment.

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Stigma Ends with Me Impact Story
Corporate Report

Stigma Ends with Me Impact Story

Highlights impacts from CCSA’s Stigma Ends with Me activities, including workshops, release of a stigma primer and other campaigns.

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Cannabis Communication Guide Impact Story
Corporate Report

Cannabis Communication Guide Impact Story

Highlights impacts from the uptake and use of Talking Pot with Youth: A Cannabis Communication Guide for Youth Allies.

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How Smoking Cannabis Affects Your Health [poster]
Poster

How Smoking Cannabis Affects Your Health [poster]

Poster that illustrates the effects of cannabis smoke on an individual’s health. The poster considers the chemicals found in cannabis smoke.

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The Effects of Cannabis Smoking: What You Need to Know [report in short]
Report Summary

The Effects of Cannabis Smoking: What You Need to Know [report in short]

This publication highlights the key findings from Respiratory and Cardiovascular Effects of Cannabis Smoking, the latest report in the Clearing the Smoke on Cannabis series.

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Impacts of the COVID-19 Pandemic on People Who Use Substances: What We Heard
Report

Impacts of the COVID-19 Pandemic on People Who Use Substances: What We Heard

Summarizes consultations with people who use or have used substances, their families and friends, harm reduction workers and people providing peer support services.

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Clearing the Smoke on Cannabis: Respiratory and Cardiovascular Effects of Cannabis Smoking [report]
Report

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).

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Browse the CCSA Network of Websites

CCSA's Issues of Substance Conference

This biannual, national conference brings together people from across the country, including addiction workers, healthcare professionals, researchers, policy makers, and people with lived and living experience
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Canadian Substance Use Costs and Harms

This project provides comparable and up-to-date data on the costs and harms of substance use in Canada and allows people to explore and analyze the data through its data visualization tool.
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Workforce Competencies

CCSA developed measurable technical and behaviour competencies in knowledge, skills and values for the substance use workforce, providing consistent care across the wide range of settings.
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Drink Less Live More

Canada has new guidance on alcohol and your health. CCSA wants you to be able to make the most informed decisions you can about drinking alcohol.
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Lower Risk Gambling Guidelines

Learn about the world’s first Lower-Risk Gambling Guidelines to help people in Canada make informed decisions about their gambling and lessen their risk of gambling-related harms. Use the Interactive Risk Assessment Tool to assess your personal gambling choices.
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The Highway Home

This interactive website takes an experiential approach to increasing youth’s and young drivers’ awareness of the risks and harms of drug-impaired driving, using real-life scenarios involving cannabis use and driving.
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