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The Promotion of Alcohol, Cannabis, Gambling, Tobacco and Vaping Products: A Comparative Analysis of the Potential of Legal Frameworks to Limit Exposure Among Minors
Promotions deemed attractive to minors concerning alcohol, cannabis, gambling, tobacco and...
Your Drink Your Call - Dissemination Guide
Both guides provide practical tools, digital and print assets, and evidence-based recommendations to help campuses in raising awareness about Canada’s Guidance on Alcohol and...
Your Drink Your Call - Campaign Evaluation
Both guides provide practical tools, digital and print assets, and evidence-based recommendations to help campuses in raising awareness about Canada’s Guidance on Alcohol and...
Online Gambling Among Young Canadian Adults: A Call to Action
Highlights how young people in Canada, aged 18 to 29, are at higher risk of suffering from high...
Alcohol increases your risk of premature death
Highlights how drinking alcohol increases the risk of dying before the age of 75 (also known as premature death). With simple visuals, shows how many people out of 1,000 could...
GLP-1s to Support Substance Use Health
Reviews recent evidence exploring the use of GLP-1s (glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonists) to support people living with substance use disorders, systemic barriers to...
CCENDU Issue 6: Recent Trends in Opioid-Related Toxicity Deaths in Canada: Examining a Potential Decrease
National Research Priorities for Cannabis
Synthesizes the results of CCSA’s meeting in collaboration with Health Canada, the Canadian Institutes of Health Research, Institute of Neurosciences, Mental Health and...
Drug Checking Symposium, Montreal, February 24–25, 2025: Summary Report
Summarizes the keynotes, panels and breakout discussions held at the 2nd Drug Checking Symposium...
Alcohol Consumption and Adherence to Canada’s Guidance on Alcohol and Health
Examines the average alcohol consumption of people in Canada and where it falls within the risk...
Popular Publications by Substance
Alcohol Consumption and Adherence to Canada’s Guidance on Alcohol and Health
Know Your Standard Drink — Summary Poster
Timmins Summit Summary Report
Opioid Agonist Therapy Poster
Opioid Agonist Therapy
Alcohol Deficit in Canada: 6 Things You Need to Know
Gambling Availability and Advertising in Canada: A Call to Action
A Standard THC Unit in Canada: Recommendations for Implementation
Clearing the Smoke on Cannabis: Medical Use of Cannabis and Cannabinoids
Medical Use of Cannabis and Cannabinoids
What does research say about treating medical conditions with cannabis and cannabinoids?
Pediatric Cannabis Poisoning Stakeholder Toolkit
Knowing Your Limits with Alcohol: A Practical Guide to Assessing Your Drinking
Drinking less is better: Canada’s Guidance on Alcohol and Health — Youth Version
Canada’s Guidance on Alcohol and Health, Public Summary: Drinking Less Is Better (Brochure)
Canada’s Guidance on Alcohol and Health, Public Summary: Drinking Less Is Better (Infographic)
Canada’s Guidance on Alcohol and Health, Public Summary: Drinking Less Is Better (Poster)
Canada’s Guidance on Alcohol and Health: Final Report
Knowing Your Limits with Cannabis: A Practical Guide to Assessing Your Cannabis Use
Talking Pot with Youth: A Cannabis Communication Guide for Youth Allies
Online Gambling Among Young Canadian Adults: A Call to Action
Top Publications of Popular Topics
GLP-1s to Support Substance Use Health
Drug Checking Symposium, Montreal, February 24–25, 2025: Summary Report
How to Prevent and Reduce Substance Use Harms for Youth: What Youth Say Works
Involuntary Treatment for Severe Substance Use Disorders
Timmins Summit Summary Report
An Environmental Scan of Drug-Checking Services in Canada: Final Report
Drug Checking Poster
Opioid Agonist Therapy Poster
Supervised Consumption Sites Poster
Supervised Consumption Sites
Drug Checking
Opioid Agonist Therapy
Community Urinalysis and Self-Report Project: Cross-Canada Trends in Stimulant Use 2021–2023
Community Urinalysis and Self-Report Project: Trends in Benzodiazepine Use 2021–2023
Community Urinalysis and Self-Report Project: Cross-Canada Trends in Opioid Use 2021–2023
Community Urinalysis and Self-Report Project: Methods Report for 2021–2023 Data
Community Urinalysis and Self-Report Project: Overall Cross-Canada Trends in Substance Use, 2021–2023
Impaired Driving in Canada
Administrative Sanctions for Alcohol and Drug Use by Drivers
Resources for Reducing Substance Use Harms
Summit on Family Medicine’s Role in Improving Health Outcomes for People Who Use Substances: Meeting Report
Do Drugs Contain What We Think They Contain? Results from CUSP: The Community Urinalysis and Self-Report Project
National Family and Prevention Summit Report
Our Shared Future: Priorities for Cannabis Research: Cannabis Networking Event Summary Report 2024
First Nations, Métis and Inuit National Partnership Building Roundtable Meeting Report
Drug Checking Symposium 2023 Report: October 5–7, 2023
In-Patient Treatment for Substance Use in Canada
Workplaces and Substance Use: Construction Industry
Workplaces and Substance Use: Oil and Gas Industry
Workplaces and Substance Use: Forestry Industry
Workplaces and Substance Use: Mining Industry
Workplaces and Substance Use: Safety-Sensitive Positions
Workplaces and Substance Use: Non-Safety-Sensitive Positions
Workplaces and Substance Use: Construction Industry – Use and Perceptions
Workplaces and Substance Use: Construction Industry – Policies and Training
Workplaces and Substance Use: Construction Industry – Stigma
Workplaces and Substance Use: Construction Industry – Workplace Culture
Workplaces and Substance Use: Oil & Gas, Forestry, and Mining Industries – Use and Perceptions
Workplaces and Substance Use: Oil & Gas, Forestry, and Mining Industries – Policies and Training
Workplaces and Substance Use: Oil & Gas, Forestry, and Mining Industries – Stigma
Workplaces and Substance Use: Oil & Gas, Forestry, and Mining Industries – Workplace Culture
Workplaces and Substance Use: Safety-Sensitive Positions – Use and Perceptions
Workplaces and Substance Use: Safety-Sensitive Positions – Policies and Training
Workplaces and Substance Use: Safety-Sensitive Positions – Stigma
Workplaces and Substance Use: Safety-Sensitive Positions – Workplace Culture
Workplaces and Substance Use: Non–Safety-Sensitive Positions – Use and Perceptions
Workplaces and Substance Use: Non–Safety-Sensitive Positions – Policies and Training
Workplaces and Substance Use: Non–Safety-Sensitive Positions – Stigma
Workplaces and Substance Use: Non–Safety-Sensitive Positions – Workplace Culture
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Presentation on pre-mixed drinks combining high alcohol, caffeine and sugar content to House of Commons’ Standing Committee on Health
This memorandum covers CCSA’s recommendation that access to highly sweetened alcoholic beverages be restricted.
7 Things You Need to Know about Edible Cannabis
A list of seven important tips about edible cannabis products (or edibles) that people need to know before they try these products.
Presentation to the Senate Committee on National Finance on Bill C-97, Part 3: Taxation by THC
Presentation by CCSA on the taxation of cannabis to the Senate finance committee.
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Cannabis: Inhaling vs Ingesting [infographic]
Summarizes the key differences between inhaling and ingesting cannabis. Also includes tips for lower-risk cannabis use.
Edible Cannabis, Cannabis Extracts and Cannabis Topicals: A Primer on the New Cannabis Products
Provides an overview of edible cannabis products, cannabis extracts and topical cannabis products. Outlines the differences among these products, including their use and effects.
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Stigmatizing language [fact sheet]
Illustrates how stigmatizing words can be a barrier to recovery for substance use disorders and provides alternative language to help break down negative stereotypes.
Addiction and Mental Health Care: Resources to Support Collaboration
Compiles a list of resources to support collaborations between addiction and mental health systems.
Licit and Illicit Drug Use during Pregnancy: Maternal, Neonatal and Early Childhood Consequences (Report in Short)
Summarizes a study that examines early childhood consequences of drug use during pregnancy. See the full report for more details.
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