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Real Need – Real Action: CCSA Annual Report, 2016-2017

Outlines CCSA’s activities and accomplishments for the fiscal year 2016–2017. Highlights include bringing clarity to cannabis in advance of legalization, working together to solve Canada’s opioid crisis and surveying people who have recovered…

L’Université de Calgary veut accompagner des personnes dépendantes vers la guérison

'How many funerals is it going to take?': Stoney Nakoda members call to ban drug dealers on reserve land

Saskatchewan mayors voice concerns with mental health and addictions support

Overdose Awareness Day in Cambridge aims to end stigmas

An old drug re-emerges in Nova Scotia overdose deaths

CCSA Strategic Framework

Outlines the Canadian Centre on Substance Use and Addiction’s overarching strategy. The framework provides our Vision, Mission and Value Proposition. It features CCSA’s North Star outcomes and our strategic goals and priorities for the next five…

Cet outil conçu en Ontario « change la donne » dans la vérification des drogues de rue

Feds announce addictions funding while confirming opioid deaths are on the rise

Bayview Glen Independent School: Brain Builders Lab Case Study

Case study outlines the Bayview Glen Independent School’s Brain Builders Lab project.

Average age of death for Hamilton’s homeless is 43, largely due to drug overdoses: report

Small majority favours putting warnings on booze and wine bottles: Poll

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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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