Search Results

How People Living in Canada Consume and Acquire Cannabis: Assessing Progress in Minimizing Harms and Establishing a Safe Supply Chain (Report at a Glance)

Call for Review: School-Based Substance Use Prevention Standards

We’re excited to share that School-Based Substance Use Prevention, Education, and Intervention: A Multi-Tiered and Developmental Approach for Kindergarten to Grade 12 Schools (PRV STD-16:2025), is now open for public review in both English and…

Manitoba funding to addiction prevention, harm reduction ‘a start,’ organizations say

The data ‘speaks’

Resources (Opioids)

National Treatment Indicators Report: 2012-2013 Data

Examines data on individuals who accessed publicly funded services for substance use treatment in Canada, to help identify information gaps. This report is intended for researchers, analysts, leaders, decision makers and advisors to support…

Algoma U launches new Health, Wellness and Addictions minor

J&J, distributors finalize $26B landmark opioid settlement

Drug-checking service to become permanent in South Okanagan

Le projet-pilote de décriminalisation des drogues de la Colombie-Britannique à l’étude

Legislation lifting ban on homegrown recreational cannabis in Manitoba takes effect next month

Substance Abuse in Corrections FAQs

This publication has been archived on the CCSA website and was current when it was published. It is available for reference or research purposes.

Browse the CCSA Network of Websites

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
Learn more

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.
Learn more

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.
Learn more

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.
Learn more

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.
Learn more

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.
Learn more