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Potent pink and blue fentanyl circulating in downtown Toronto blamed for 4 overdose deaths

Health-care workers push for better access to frostbite treatment popularized in Yukon

The Problem of Youth Drugged Driving and Approaches to Prevention: A Systematic Literature Review

Reviews the literature on approaches aimed at reducing drugged driving among youth. The evidence highlights four program models and three awareness campaigns that have proven promising in altering youth attitudes about drug use and driving.

Into New Territory: Adapting to a Changing Landscape - CCSA Annual Report, 2021–2022

Outlines CCSA’s activities in fiscal year 2021–2022 and provides the auditor’s report.

Lethbridge drug overdose deaths up 67 per cent over last year

Naloxone: What to know about the opioid overdose-reversing drug, free across Canada

Cannabis cafes? B.C. seeks feedback on loosening pot rules

Parents say Snapchat makes it easy for drug dealers to sell to their kids

'The bodies are piling up': Inside the opioid epidemic and the crisis that won't go away [CCSA interview]

Happy Valley-Goose Bay's problems won't be solved by police alone, says RCMP commissioner

Police investigating reports of female U of G students being given spiked drinks

Ottawa refuse de suivre les médicaments d’approvisionnement plus sécuritaire

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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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