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Maintaining a Public Health Approach to Alcohol Policy During COVID-19 [Policy Brief]

This policy brief identifies ways to address higher-risk alcohol use during the COVID-19 pandemic. These include limiting sales through reduced access to alcohol, lower numbers of alcohol sales outlets in a given geographical area, and minimum…

Canada's decriminalization experiment no match for 'volatile and dangerous' drug supply

Québec débloque 4 M$ pour lutter contre la dépendance

Health Canada must reconsider man's bid to use magic mushrooms for cluster headaches, Federal Court rules

Feds announce program to fight opioid poisoning in Edmonton

Council backs overdose measures

Kamloops Fire Rescue reports 167 per cent increase in naloxone use in 2022

In potentially groundbreaking decision, B.C. judge says jail no answer for addicts who traffic fentanyl

Facile pour des mineurs d’acheter de l’alcool dans des dépanneurs de la Montérégie

Deep-brain stimulation can help reduce alcohol cravings and consumption, study finds

Les surdoses mortelles ont augmenté de 60 % en 2020 en Ontario

West Nipissing considering new drug prevention program

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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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