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North Bay hospital wants to create area for addictions, mental-health patients to smoke

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Health officials warn about cocaine tainted with fentanyl in Sydney

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Three years in: Vancouver Island Drug Checking Project working to save lives

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Health Sciences North ramps up harm reduction strategy amid overdose crisis

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Vancouver Police Department defends decision not to arrest city councillor for distributing drugs at protest

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Drug-death decline 'an encouraging trend'; drop mirrors trend across North America

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Efforts to prioritize Vancouver drug users for vaccines generally successful: study

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This Vancouver hospital equips security guards with naloxone — and it's saving lives

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Vancouver man designs life-saving app after losing friend to drug toxicity, preventing dozens of deaths

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This Vancouver compassion club was saving lives. Then things got political

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Vancouver overdose prevention site has found a new home, less than 300 metres away

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B.C. opens new long-term involuntary care beds in Metro Vancouver [subscription required]

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CCSA's Issues of Substance Conference

This biannual, national conference brings together people from across the country, including addiction workers, healthcare professionals, researchers, policy makers, and people with lived and living experience
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Canadian Substance Use Costs and Harms

This project provides comparable and up-to-date data on the costs and harms of substance use in Canada and allows people to explore and analyze the data through its data visualization tool.
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Workforce Competencies

CCSA developed measurable technical and behaviour competencies in knowledge, skills and values for the substance use workforce, providing consistent care across the wide range of settings.
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Drink Less Live More

Canada has new guidance on alcohol and your health. CCSA wants you to be able to make the most informed decisions you can about drinking alcohol.
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Lower Risk Gambling Guidelines

Learn about the world’s first Lower-Risk Gambling Guidelines to help people in Canada make informed decisions about their gambling and lessen their risk of gambling-related harms. Use the Interactive Risk Assessment Tool to assess your personal gambling choices.
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The Highway Home

This interactive website takes an experiential approach to increasing youth’s and young drivers’ awareness of the risks and harms of drug-impaired driving, using real-life scenarios involving cannabis use and driving.
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