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7 Things You Need to Know about Edible Cannabis

A list of seven important tips about edible cannabis products (or edibles) that people need to know before they try these products. Topics cover the delay in feeling the full affects and the length of the high, as well as the risks and harms…

This Guy Plans to Open a Store That Sells Heroin, Meth, and Crack

Webinar: Emerging Research and Implications of Cannabis - Clinical and Mental Health Implications, Part I

12:00–1:30 p.m. (EDT)

Since legalization in 2018, cannabis consumption trends continue to inform our understanding of the associated health and mental health risks.

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Le changement de politique concernant les drogues inquiète

Une « pandémie en parallèle » au Canada

B.C. opens new units in promised expansion of involuntary care for mental health, addictions, brain injury

CCSA to Lead Update of Canada’s Low-Risk Drinking Guidelines

Ottawa, September 17, 2020 — The Canadian Centre on Substance Use and Addiction (CCSA) is leading a major collaborative initiative to update Canada’s Low-Risk Alcohol Drinking Guidelines by March 2022.

Psychedelic drug ketamine being hailed a life-saving mental health treatment in Alberta

Police in Ontario, Nova Scotia called to large, unruly university street parties

Homelessness Response Summit Enables Forward Progress

Autotests du GHB : l’Ordre des chimistes invite à la prudence

14 suspected fentanyl overdoses, including one death, in Guelph, Wellington over last 2 weeks

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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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