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Defying Convention: Spotlighting Alternative Approaches to Youth Mental Health and Substance Use Services - Frayme Learning Institute 2021

This year, we’re all about challenging the status quo or what we think of as conventional approaches to providing YMHSU services and supports.

La Cour suprême se penche sur la loi sur les bons samaritains

Fatal drug poisonings top 1,000 as Alberta on track for deadliest year on record

CCSA’s COVID-19 resource section has what you need to know about the impacts of COVID-19 on substance use.

University of Guelph receives licence to grow 'magic' mushrooms

Kingston declared an addictions crisis 1 year ago. The city's mayor says it's still an emergency

Saskatoon overdoses surged while treatment admissions dipped in 2020

Parliamentary Engagement

The Canadian Centre on Substance Use and Addiction (CCSA) holds the unique position of being Canada’s leading national authority on substance use and addiction.

A terrifying new kind of fentanyl is spreading across Canada

Le nombre de décès liés au fentanyl atteint un niveau record au Nouveau-Brunswick

Be wary of post-party feelings: Anxiety a proven symptom of alcohol consumption

No fun-gi city: Vancouver’s magic mushroom dispensary motion shot down

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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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