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Oral Fluid Drug Screening [Policy Brief]

Oral fluid drug screening equipment was approved for legal use by law enforcement in 2018 to detect the presence of certain drugs, including cannabis, in drivers.

Provincial funding enhances New West-based recovery programs

Tableau demo page

Alcohol Education Tailored for Youth: What We Heard [report]

This report is based on focus groups conducted by CCSA with young people to better understand approaches to messaging about alcohol consumption and harm reduction.

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.

Report to be released that examines four years of overdose deaths in British Columbia

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

Urban and Rural Student Substance Use (Technical Report)

A Catastrophe with ‘No Sense of Crisis’

2 milliards de doses potentielles de fentanyl saisies à Vancouver

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

Efforts to prioritize Vancouver drug users for vaccines generally successful: study

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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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