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Small Cities Initiative and Municipal Leaders Table

Thursday, June 26, 2025, 12:30-1:30 pm ET

Substance Use in Canada Costs Almost $46 Billion a Year According to Latest Data

Alcohol and tobacco use together cause the most harm— accounting for 63% of total amount.

Alberta's new addictions Crown corporation tries to fill in research gaps on 'what recovery looks like'

Cocaine, heroin and meth buyers' club gets Vancouver's approval to secure a safe supply

Are you a learner interested in addiction medicine? Apply today for a bursary to attend the CSAM-SMCA 2022 Scientific Conference in Saskatoon! The application deadline is June 24, 2022.

Yukon considers decriminalizing small quantities of drugs to address substance use emergency

Closing the Gaps: Cannabis Research Summary Report

Summarizes key findings of the Closing the Gaps studies, specifically the legalization impact, medical use versus nonmedical use, mental and physical health effects, purchase decisions, modalities of use, polysubstance use and stigma.

Réouverture, mais règles strictes pour les bars en zone jaune

Rural Manitoba communities plead with province for help cleaning up used needles

DERNIÈRE CHANCE! Les inscriptions pour le congrès Questions de substance du CCDUS prennent fin demain. AUCUNE EXCEPTION! Inscrivez-vous avant minuit (HE) au principal congrès national sur les dépendances et l’usage de substances.

Recommended Indicators for Drug-Impaired Driving: Law Enforcement Resource Use Data

Highlights the four recommended indicators for enhancing and standardizing drug-impaired driving resource use data collected by law enforcement agencies across Canada.

This Vancouver compassion club was saving lives. Then things got political

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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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