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Nunavik program helps get drivers back on the road after DUIs

Drug Checking: Shedding Light On Substance Use Issues

'Brand new way to treat patients': Ketamine injections approved for Alberta's community facilities

Experts dispute Sask. police’s description of latest fentanyl doses

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Once an inmate and now an elder, Mi'kmaw sweat lodge keeper brings healing to prisoners

Advocates of Lethbridge's former supervised consumption site launch legal challenge

Fentanyl: devenu accro à l’héroïne au retour de l’Afghanistan

La sobriété gagne en popularité chez les jeunes

Substance Use and Addiction

The Majority of Canadians Don't Plan to Consume Legal Cannabis, Canadian Insights into Cannabis Legalization

Nanos research performed this opinion poll in the weeks leading up to cannabis legalization in October 2018. It contains the detailed results of the survey of 1,000 Canadians about their opinions on the impending legalization of cannabis.…

Opioids and Pain Management [poster]

Poster provides an overview of how opioids are used to manage pain as part of a wider strategy alongside non-medical therapies. Also provides information about the risks of opioid dependence and links to further opioid-related resources.

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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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