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Addiction News Daily delivers the latest news on substance use and addiction, keeping you informed with timely updates, expert insights and emerging trends. Stay up to date with the most recent research, policy changes and impactful stories shaping the conversation around substance use and addiction. Read addiction news below. 

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Blood Ties Four Directions issues toxic drug warning for the Yukon amid spike in overdoses

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UVic student's mother takes stand on Day 1 of coroner's inquest
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Alaska becomes first state to require warnings about alcohol link to colon, breast cancers
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Étude sur les accidentés de la route: 55% des automobilistes avaient consommé au moins une substance pouvant affaiblir…
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Latest CCSA News

 Keep informed with the most recent updates from CCSA. From research findings to policy developments and our work in communities, stay up to date on how CCSA is making an impact on substance use health in Canada. Read CCSA news below. 

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Mayors from across Canada gather to identify solutions to local substance use crises

Ottawa, May 1, 2025 — Mayors and city representatives from across Canada gathered in Lethbridge, Alta., April 14–16, 2025, to review approaches for addressing the substance use…

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CCSA hosting mayors from across Canada to address impact of the substance use crisis on small cities
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Harnessing the Power of Community to Tackle the Toxic Drug Crisis
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Statement: Public health and safety key to addressing fentanyl crisis
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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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