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Help is here: Windsor transitional home connecting those battling addiction with services

New alliance calls on province to increase access to treatment for opioid addiction

IWK Health: Brain Builders Lab Case Study

Case study outlines IWK Health’s Brain Builders Lab project. The team, based in Nova Scotia, brought the Brain Story science to IWK Health and Nova Scotia Health to add to the trauma-informed care initiative.

Advocates seek more say in how opioid settlements are spent

Licit and Illicit Drug Use during Pregnancy: Maternal, Neonatal and Early Childhood Consequences (Report in Short)

Summarizes a study that examines early childhood consequences of drug use during pregnancy. See the full report for more details. 

Does microdosing mushrooms work? Science is trying to find out

Update of Canada’s Low-Risk Alcohol Drinking Guidelines: Summary of Findings from Public Consultation

This report summarizes the findings of a six-week online public consultation held in spring 2021 to inform an update of Canada’s Low-Risk Alcohol Drinking Guidelines. It outlines what we heard from more than 4,800 people in Canada, as well as…

Canada to appoint a ‘Fentanyl Czar’ and bolster border as Trudeau and Trump reach deal to delay tariffs

Group of national clinicians, researchers lambastes report informing Alberta’s safe supply committee

Akaitcho chiefs call for government support as communities grapple with suicide, addiction

Delivering Mental Health and Addiction Services During the COVID-19 Pandemic

Date: November 30, 2020, 11 a.m. – 12 p.m. EST. – Register now

2 harm reduction hubs halt their supervised consumption services due to 'staff feeling unwell'

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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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