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Implementing a Standard THC Unit in Canada - What We Heard
Summarizes findings from two national consultations on implementing a standard THC unit in...
Parameters for a Standard THC Unit in Canada
Presents the rationale for establishing a standard THC unit for Canada. A standard THC unit for Canada is defined as a set amount of the primary psychoactive constituent in...
Playbook for Action: Practical Interventions Small Cities Can Use to Tackle Canada’s Substance Use Crisis
Features municipally-led practical interventions that small cities and towns can use to tackle...
Playbook for Action: Implementation Guide
Features municipally-led practical interventions that small cities and towns can use to tackle Canada’s substance use crisis. Developed with the recommendations and input...
Workplaces and Substance Use: Exploring Gender-Related Factors
Provides key context and data for employers and other organizations such as unions, associations...
CCENDU Issue 7 (Part 2): Stimulant Use and Related Harms in Canada — Drivers and Adaptive Responses
This issue is the second of a special two-part series. Part 2 examines key factors driving...
Addressing Cannabis Hyperemesis Syndrome in Canada
Highlights key information on Cannabinoid Hyperemesis Syndrome (CHS) in Canada, an underrecognized condition that is linked to frequent cannabis use and exposure to high-THC...
CCENDU Issue 7 (Part 1): Stimulant Use and Related Harms in Canada - Recent Trends
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...
CCENDU Issue 6: Recent Trends in Opioid-Related Toxicity Deaths in Canada: Examining a Potential Decrease
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...
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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
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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
Construction Industry – Use and Perceptions
Construction Industry – Policies and Training
Construction Industry – Stigma
Construction Industry – Workplace Culture
Oil & Gas, Forestry, and Mining Industries – Use and Perceptions
Oil & Gas, Forestry, and Mining Industries – Policies and Training
Oil & Gas, Forestry, and Mining Industries – Stigma
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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Addiction: The Mind-Brain Connection
Due to the coronavirus, the organizers have postponed this event until the fall of 2020.
2020 ISAM-CSAM Joint Scientific Conference: The World of Addiction: Now & the Future
The annual conference of the Canadian Society of Addiction Medicine (CSAM) and the International Society of Addiction Medicine (ISAM) brings together more than 700 leaders, researchers, and clinici
5th Annual Joint SALIS/AMHL Conference
Substance Abuse Librarians & Information Specialists (SALIS) and the Association of Mental Health Librarians (AMHL) cordially invite you to the 5th Annual Joint SALIS/AMHL Conference & the
Best Start Conference 2020 – Building Healthy Brains
The conference will be an exciting knowledge exchange about how building brain science into community programs is strengthening resilience and improving health and human services outcomes for every
Bottom Line 2020 – Workplace Mental Health Conference
Inner City Health and Wellness / ARCH's 3rd Annual Symposium
Featuring Dr. Hakique Virani, Public Health and Addiction Medicine Specialist, as this year’s Keynote Speaker.
9th Annual E-Mental Health Conference - Caring in a Digital World: Introducing Disruptive Change to Mental Health Care
This event is in collaboration with the the University of British Columbia (UBC), the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH), University Health Network (UHN), and the Mental Health Commissio
9th International Research Conference on Adolescents and Adults with FASD
Review Respond and Relate: Integrating Research, Policy and Practice Around the World
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