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Care Pathway for Youth Experiencing Prescription Drug Harms [print version]

Outlines the continuum of care to provide quality treatment for youth who experience harm from psychoactive prescription drugs.

Jann Arden Announced as Keynote Speaker for CCSA’s Issues of Substance

Les surdoses mortelles continuent leur avancée en Alberta

Un tranquillisant pour animaux fait des ravages… chez les humains

Ontario warns Toronto to drop drug decriminalization request [Subscription required]

How to Prevent and Reduce Substance Use Harms for Youth: What Youth Say Works

Clearing the Smoke on Cannabis: Highlights

This report summarizes key findings presented in the Clearing the Smoke on Cannabis series.

Packaging and health warnings are key in discouraging youths from using cannabis

Montreal study finds more women began gambling online during the pandemic

Overdose crisis leads Nanaimo drug users to open supervised site

Quebec quietly told prosecutors to divert drug possession cases away from the courts

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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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