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Drinking less is better: Canada’s Guidance on Alcohol and Health — Youth Version

Provides a youth-focused summary of the recommendations in Canada’s Guidance on Alcohol and Health in simple terms and illustrations. Offers concise, image-based explanations of the risks and harms from alcohol consumption on an increasing scale…

Drug Evaluation and Classification Program [Policy Brief]

Examines the Drug Evaluation and Classification Program, a 12-step procedure to assess suspected drug-impaired drivers.

Addictions recovery centre in Linden Woods moving forward after split vote on appeal

Opening ceremony for Recovery Days this Wednesday

Ontario : trois partis, trois stratégies pour les magasins de cannabis

Des experts voient la décriminalisation de certains psychotropes d’un bon œil

Le gouvernement de la Saskatchewan ne financera pas des centres de consommation supervisée

Defying Convention: Spotlighting Alternative Approaches to Youth Mental Health and Substance Use Services - Frayme Learning Institute 2021

This year, we’re all about challenging the status quo or what we think of as conventional approaches to providing YMHSU services and supports.

Ontario plans for tougher encampment rules stir emotional debate, including among Thunder Bay shelter users

Fatal drug poisonings top 1,000 as Alberta on track for deadliest year on record

CCSA’s COVID-19 resource section has what you need to know about the impacts of COVID-19 on substance use.

Alberta to increase access to prescription opioids while limiting locations for treatment

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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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