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Will alcohol have cancer warnings like cigarettes?

Walgreens flooded Florida with addictive opioids, lawyer tells jury

Un marathon par jour pour une meilleure gestion de la crise des surdoses

Provincial Patterns and Trends in Cannabis Use among Youth: Ontario

Presents trends of cannabis use among young people in Ontario, including prevalence of use, perceptions of harm, cannabis use and driving, and dimensions of risk.

For those living on Belleville’s streets, the Ontario city’s overdose emergency is nothing new

Vancouver clinic revokes 11 patients’ access to take-home heroin doses

Kim Corace, PhD, C.Psych.

B.C. decriminalization plan won't do much to stop toxic drug deaths, says chief coroner

Emergency Department Visits for Alcohol, Cannabis and Opioid Use Among Youth

Ottawa, December 13, 2022 — Alcohol was involved in more medical emergencies that sent young people to hospital emergency departments (EDs) than cannabis or opioids, according to a new study of 4,634 cases in three Canadian…

Methamphetamines and cardiac damage: skating on thin ICE

This webinar will provide attendees with information about:

'Zombie' drug xylazine found in cannabis THC vapes in UK

Councillor Marin shares why Opioids Don’t Discriminate

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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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