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Ottawa, October 24, 2023 – The Canadian Centre on Substance Use and Addiction (CCSA) is accepting nominations for the review panel to help develop substance use workforce competencies Publicly Available Specification.

The Chair of CCSA’s Board of Directors, Vaughan Dowie makes the announcement and looks back on her remarkable career.

December 14, 2021

Dear colleagues,

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…

Ottawa, February 28, 2018 — On behalf of the Canadian Centre on Substance Use and Addiction (CCSA), I commend the Government of Canada for its strategic investments to address substance use and addiction in the…

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…

Project Overview and History

The standardized system used by the Community Urinalysis and Self-Report Project (CUSP) for monitoring the content of illegal drugs was originally developed by…

Cannabis and driving: new briefing presents questions and answers for policymaking

Date and time: 3 February,12.00–13.30 Lisbon time (13.00–14.30 CET). Length: 1.5 hours.

Objective: To explore innovative programmes providing solutions in the field of homelessness and drugs.

Helping Young People Who Use Opioids Video Series

CCSA in partnership with Alberta Health Services has created a series of videos that look to improve understanding on: