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Cabinet signs off on plans to introduce minimum unit price for alcohol

Recommended Indicators for Drug-Impaired Driving: Motor Vehicle Department Driver Record Data

Highlights the five recommended indicators for enhancing and standardizing driver record data collected by motor vehicle departments across Canada. The policy brief examines the different types of data collected for these indicators, the…

Record number of Sask. people died from drug toxicity in 2021

Lightstone seeks improvements in mental health outreach services

FINAL WEEK to Submit Your Abstract for CCSA’s Issues of Substance 2025 Conference!

La menace des opioïdes varie d’un océan à l’autre [entrevue avec le CCDUS]

'Immense challenge': Trying to save the lives of B.C. drug users, hit hard by COVID-19 and the overdose crisis

Throne speech reveals 150 new addiction treatment spaces to be added in Saskatchewan

Substance Use Health: The Doorways to Stigma [Webinar; March 9, 2022]

No more silence’: Hundreds protest in Richmond after safe consumption site debate

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Canadian Addiction Survey (CAS): A National Survey of Canadians' Use of Alcohol and Other Drugs: Prevalence of Use and Related Harms: Highlights

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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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