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Culture of Adaptability

Fundamental elements for this quadrant include: 

La santé publique s’inquiète que de la cocaïne coupée au fentanyl circule à Québec

Mental health impacts of substance use during pandemic greater in LGBTQ community

Des bars de la C.-B. s’adaptent à une demande en croissance de boissons sans alcool

Des traces de cocaïne dans des requins au large du Brésil

Life in Recovery [fact sheet]

Illustrates data about Life in Recovery from a survey of 855 Canadians (including stable housing and employment, family activities and planning for the future) and notes that 82.5% experience some sort of barrier to recovery.

Addictions in a pandemic era

Police make arrests in connection with illegal alcohol sales in Nunavik

Teen brings Vancouver-based project helping homeless back to hometown of Winnipeg

Sask. Party, NDP overdose and addiction plans missing harm reduction measures, say experts, workers

National Drug Checking Working Group: Summary of In-person Meeting

Summarizes an October 2018 meeting of the National Drug Checking Working Group about drug-checking services as a response to the emergency around illicit drug overdoses in Canada. Twenty-four members of the group present and discuss active and…

‘It takes a lifetime to heal’: Plans underway to open Indigenous-led women’s healing lodge in rural Manitoba

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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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