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Sudbury health unit issues warning with high rate of suspected opioid overdoses

The Salvation Army’s Bethany Hope Centre: Brain Builders Lab Case Study

Case study describes the Salvation Army’s Bethany Hope Centre’s Brain Builders Lab project.

'If I can help even one person it would all be worth it to me'

Enquête sur l’échange de médicaments sur ordonnance contre des drogues illicites en C.-B.

Developing National Indicators for Drug-impaired Driving in Canada: Practices in Detection, Monitoring and Reduction

Canada lacks a standardized set of national indicators to adequately measure the full impact of drug-impaired driving (DID). This report summaries consultations with over 100 DID experts from across Canada. They provide insight on how DID data…

The Physical Availability of Cannabis Stores and Cannabis Use and Harms: A Systematic Review

Cantor, N., Silverman, M., Gaudreault, A., Hutton, B., Brown, C., Elton-Marshall, T., Imtizad, S., Sikora, L., Tanuseputro, P., Myran, D.,

Reeling Western University braces for this weekend's Homecoming parties

Les infractions liées à l’alcool et aux drogues sont en hausse chez les camionneurs

Shepherds of Good Hope supporters celebrate 40 years of compassion

Lutte contre les opioïdes : « C’est effrayant, ce qui se passe dans notre communauté »

Maintaining a Public Health Approach to Alcohol Policy During COVID-19 [Policy Brief]

This policy brief identifies ways to address higher-risk alcohol use during the COVID-19 pandemic. These include limiting sales through reduced access to alcohol, lower numbers of alcohol sales outlets in a given geographical area, and minimum…

Québec débloque 4 M$ pour lutter contre la dépendance

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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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