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Canada’s Guidance on Alcohol and Health, Public Summary: Drinking Less Is Better (Infographic)

Summarizes the recommendations in Canada’s Guidance on Alcohol and Health in simple terms and illustrations. Offers concise, image-based explanations of the risks and harms from alcohol consumption on an increasing scale, as well as tips to…

Surdoses : des actions demandées à Ottawa et en Outaouais

More stigmatizing language found in clinical notes for older, female, or patients of color with opioid use disorder

New study suggests Calgary's supervised consumption site saves taxpayers millions

Prévenir et réduire les méfaits associés à l’usage de substances chez les jeunes : leur avis sur ce qui fonctionne

4th Annual Recovery Capital Virtual Conference of Canada

Theme: Building Recovery Capital to Overcome Addiction

Cannabis Legalization: Cannabis for Medical Purposes

Includes findings from our November 2022 submission to the federal government’s public consultation on cannabis legalization, A Public Health Perspective on Cannabis…

Ottawa must act fast on safe drug supply as tainted-drug deaths continue daily: advocates

Cannabis will likely soon be legally classified as medicine. But medicine for what?

Cannabis Legalization: 2021–2022 Observations (Policy Brief)

Council endorses city's $14M mental health and addiction strategy

Health Canada says illegal 'copycat' cannabis products can cause serious harm to children

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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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