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New Study Finds Many Canadians Cutting Back on Alcohol Consumption

L'organisme qui intervient sans policiers lors de crises de santé mentale

À la recherche de solutions pour une meilleure cohabitation entre résidents et toxicomanes

Opioid deaths started to spike in Peterborough area when OxyContin was delisted and users had to turn to street drugs

New Communications Guide Provides the Tools to Talk Effectively to Youth about Cannabis

Ottawa, September 27, 2018 — Earlier today, the Canadian Centre on Substance Use and Addiction (CCSA) released …

UVic researchers hope to boost drug-checking access through automation

CCENDU Issue 7 (Part 1): Stimulant Use and Related Harms in Canada - Recent Trends

This issue is a special two-part series. The first part features a regional breakdown of reports from seven Canadian Community Epidemiology Network on Drug Use (CCENDU) nodes and five drug checking services from across the country. It focuses on…

Une nouvelle application en langue crie offre une aide médicale pour les Premières Nations

KFL&A Board of Health addresses new provincial strategy for opioid crisis

Government of Canada Begins Work with Partners on National Standards for Mental Health and Substance Use Services

Easy access to naloxone key to giving overdose victims more time to seek care, says specialist

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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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