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Regular drug users worry about relapse, overdose amid pandemic: Report

Impaired Driving in Canada

Presents an overview of Canada’s impaired driving laws and data on the extent of both alcohol- and drug-impaired driving in Canada.

Londoners determined to follow through with dry January despite pandemic's ongoing challenges

'I’m not going back': Recovered drug addict shares support with users

Real Need – Real Action: CCSA Annual Report, 2016-2017

Outlines CCSA’s activities and accomplishments for the fiscal year 2016–2017. Highlights include bringing clarity to cannabis in advance of legalization, working together to solve Canada’s opioid crisis and surveying people who have recovered…

A Catastrophe with ‘No Sense of Crisis’

Cannabis à des fins médicales : une solution adaptée à chaque patient

Drug superlabs leave a toxic mess. Some say B.C.’s cleanup rules are a mess, too

Pas moins de 142 Québécois sont morts de froid depuis six ans

Psychedelic therapy now regulated in Alberta

CCSA Strategic Framework

Outlines the Canadian Centre on Substance Use and Addiction’s overarching strategy. The framework provides our Vision, Mission and Value Proposition. It features CCSA’s North Star outcomes and our strategic goals and priorities for the next five…

Departing coroner says there is no data to determine whether B.C.’s treatment facilities are working

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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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