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Manitoba investing $428K to improve access to mental health, addiction services

With dozens of pot shops popping up across northern Ontario, legal weed market could be at 'saturation point'

Des boissons sans alcool gratuites pour les chauffeurs désignés de l’agglomération

37e Rencontre québécoise en réduction des méfaits (9 mai 2024)

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Substance use is costing six Canadian provinces over $1 billion each

Ottawa, November 14, 2018 — In each of the provinces of Nova Scotia, Ontario, Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Alberta and British Columbia, the cost of substance use in 2014 surpassed $1 billion dollars.

Cannabis poisoning rates increase among children after legalization

Campaign offers hope to drug users amid record breaking overdose deaths

Cannabis Home Cultivation in Canada Before and After Legalization: Research Highlights

Summarizes findings from two published journal articles we co-authored on growing cannabis at home before and after legalization. It also identifies areas for further research.

New funding to support mental health, addictions services for local students

Drug alerts issued in Vernon

Substance Use, Sport and Youth: Canadian Surveys

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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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