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Drogue du viol: le fléau silencieux du Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean

Talking to Youth About Cannabis Vaping: A Guide for Healthcare Professionals

This guide provides healthcare professionals with the questions they need to ask youth to start a meaningful conversation about the risk associated with vaping cannabis.

Grocery store, alcohol sales down in April as prices rose: Statistics Canada

New report aims to tackle Simcoe Muskoka's alarming opioid crisis

Alberta government to overhaul health care delivery [Subscription]

Early life experiences can change brain development, result in health problems, including addiction

Forced into treatment

City suffers highest drug poisoning death toll ever

Peterborough Residents Urged To Carry Naloxone And Avoid Using Drugs Alone Amid Increase In Suspected Drug Poisonings

New program at Surrey Memorial Hospital aims to combat drug overdose deaths

Edmonton autorise la consommation d'alcool dans certains parcs cet été

Brain Builders Impact Case Studies

In 2018, CCSA partnered with the Alberta Family Wellness Initiative to launch the Brain Builders Lab, a community-based effort to align policies, practices, and perceptions of substance use with the neuroscience of childhood trauma and resilience…

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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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