Search Results

'Drugs are killing our young people': South Sudanese community mourning opioid-related deaths

Inmate denied withdrawal medication nine days before overdose death at South West

Walgreens flooded Florida with addictive opioids, lawyer tells jury

‘Dangerous’ black rock cocaine easier to smuggle

Provincial Patterns and Trends in Cannabis Use among Youth: Ontario

Presents trends of cannabis use among young people in Ontario, including prevalence of use, perceptions of harm, cannabis use and driving, and dimensions of risk.

Minister of Mental Health and Addictions was in Vernon Wednesday to announce expansion of training program

Vancouver clinic revokes 11 patients’ access to take-home heroin doses

B.C. decriminalization plan won't do much to stop toxic drug deaths, says chief coroner

CCENDU Bulletin: Update on Xylazine in Canada and the United States

This Bulletin updates recent data on xylazine’s presence in the unregulated drug supply from a CCENDU alert in July 2022. It also assesses concerns among community partners and…

Methamphetamines and cardiac damage: skating on thin ICE

This webinar will provide attendees with information about:

Community Urinalysis and Self-Report Project: Cross-Canada Trends in Opioid Use 2021–2023

Presents opioid and fentanyl use trends and describes whether expected substance use aligned with actual substance contents.

Councillor Marin shares why Opioids Don’t Discriminate

Browse the CCSA Network of Websites

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
Learn more

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.
Learn more

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.
Learn more

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.
Learn more

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.
Learn more

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.
Learn more