Nearly one in four (23.5%) young adults, aged 18 to 29, who reported gambling online in the past year experienced high levels of gambling-related harms, including…
The toxic drug crisis is gripping every part of our country. While it seems very different from town to town, and from coast to coast to coast, one thing is consistent: We are ill-equipped to truly tackle the issue at the community level.
Canadians want answers to their questions about cannabis. We want individuals to have the information they need to make informed choices and know how to lower the risks to their health if they decide to use cannabis.
CCSA would like to acknowledge and thank the following partners for developing and implementing the Community Urinalysis and Self-Report Project (CUSP).
Dear colleague,
As Chair of the Board of Directors for the Canadian Centre on Substance Use and Addiction (CCSA), I am excited to announce that Dr. Alexander Caudarella has been appointed as our new CEO.
Ottawa, April 20, 2021 — The Canadian Centre on Substance Use and Addiction (CCSA) strongly supports investing in the wellness of Canadians and addressing the social determinants of health, as outlined in yesterday’s federal…
CCSA investigated the state of employer policies and best practices to better understand what Canadian employers are doing to address substance use. Importantly, we found that:
Ottawa, September 27, 2018 — Earlier today, the Canadian Centre on Substance Use and Addiction (CCSA) released …
Substance use is an issue of such magnitude and complexity, touching all sectors of society, that individual organizations and sectors cannot address it by themselves.
Ottawa, March 29, 2019 — More young Canadians are using community detoxification services than older adults, according to a new report by the Canadian Centre on Substance Use and Addiction (CCSA).
Drug content monitoring is the examination of the contents of drugs from the illegal drug supply. It helps identify drug contamination and gathers information for people who use drugs to better understand what they might be taking and make more…
