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Additional Activities and Lessons: Brain Builders Lab Case Study

Case study outlines several Brain Builders Lab projects. Throughout the two-year duration of the Lab, several Brain Builders encountered challenges. Despite this, all remained strong champions for the brain story and much can be learned from…

Drogues mélangées avec un opioïde : une famille manitobaine pleure la mort d’un des leurs

Path 525 closure top of mind at Overdose Awareness Day

Legalization: Has it impacted the black market? [CCSA interview]

Chief coroner says there’s a ‘reluctance’ to prescribe opioids in B.C.

Indigenous group walks to honour loved ones lost to overdoses

Nearly 1 in 3 employees to die from an opioid overdose works in construction. Is the industry doing enough to confront the crisis?

Mobile Crisis Response Team marks a year on road

$2.5M in support announced for Eastern Townships’ drug crisis

There's a cocktail crisis going on in Canada [CCSA interview]

Ready for addictions treatment now, this man says it's impossible to access care in rural Ontario

Opioid crisis cost U.S. nearly $1.5 trillion in 2020 - Congressional report

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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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