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Prevention of Prescription Stimulant Misuse among Youth (Topic Summary)

Examines programs and strategies aimed at preventing or reducing prescription stimulant misuse in youth attending middle school, high school or post-secondary school. It describes the serious harms associated with prescription stimulant misuse in…

More than 1,600 deaths from illicit drugs in first 9 months of the year

Windsor-Essex opioid awareness campaign aims to bring community together, end stigma

Improving the Detection of Drivers Impaired by Cannabis: Supplementing the Standardized Field Sobriety Test

Outlines evidence suggesting the Standardized Field Sobriety Test can be supplemented with other tests and observations to help law enforcement officers detect potential cannabis impairment in drivers.

Les influenceurs et la promotion d'alcool, une entente «préoccupante»

Drug-Impaired Driving

Evidence in Action: CCSA Annual Report, 2018-2019

Outlines the activities of CCSA in fiscal year 2018–2019 and provides the auditor’s report.

New resource for caregivers treating substance abuse

Kamloops family working to end stigma connected to addiction

Drug-related deaths hit record high in N.B.

‘The land is my therapy’: healing centre encourages reconnecting with Inuit identity

‘Set up for failure:’ Harm reduction advocate slams transition to HART hubs

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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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