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Recovery Capital Conference Halifax

This year’s addiction and mental health recovery conference theme is “Building on our Strengths” featuring keynote speakers, workshops, and dialogue opportunities to help create Canada’s National Recovery Capital Assessment Toolkit.

As drugs overwhelm this downtown block, is safer supply the problem or the solution?

B.C. First Nations leaders call for more Indigenous-specific drug treatment programs amid overdose crisis

Improving Treatment Together Project

B.C. coroner says overdose deaths decrease in March, but drug users face risks

Explosion du nombre d'enfants ingérant par erreur un produit au cannabis

Substance use costs 75,000 lives annually and more than $1,250 for every person in Canada [CCSA interview]

Ketamine bladder: Special clinics as youth addiction 'explodes'

As addictions escalate, Brentwood strives to repair faltering reputation

Legislation lifting ban on homegrown recreational cannabis in Manitoba takes effect next month

Cannabis Legalization Observations 2021–2022: Key Findings for Policy Development

Addressing Cannabis Hyperemesis Syndrome in Canada

Highlights key information on Cannabinoid Hyperemesis Syndrome (CHS) in Canada, an underrecognized condition that is linked to frequent cannabis use and exposure to high-THC products and can result in repeated episodes of severe nausea, vomiting…

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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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