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Examines evidence on the impact and implementation of the 2018 Cannabis Act. The report explores progress toward the act’s public health and safety objectives. Policy makers, public health professionals and researchers involved in cannabis…

Barr, A. M., Panenka, W. J., MacCallum, C. A., Lo, L. A., Yau, J. C.., Rintoul, K., & Schjelderup, L.

In 2018, CCSA partnered with the Alberta Family Wellness Initiative to launch the Brain Builders Lab, a community-based effort to align policies, practices, and perceptions of substance use with the neuroscience of childhood trauma and resilience…

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).

Antoinette Gravel-Ouellette is a Métis woman whose spirit name is Wankiya ska Shunka wanka wi, which means “white thunder horse woman.” She got involved in substance use health–related work from facing many barriers and misconceptions while…

Mental Health and Substance Use Support

If you are in immediate danger or need urgent medical support, call 9-1-1.If you or someone you know is thinking about suicide, call or text 9-8-8.

Das, A., Hendershot, C., Husin, I., Knyahnytska, Y., Le Foll, B., Wang, W., Elsaid, S., & Kloiber, S..

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.