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Substance Use Conversations with Youth: Tips for Adult Allies — A Communication Guide

Designed to help caregivers, educators, and other adult allies in providing information and guidance about substance use to young individuals. This guide offers suggestions for navigating these conversations from the perspective of youth.

The 'whys' of weed behind the wheel: Youth drivers survey first step to preventing youth from driving under cannabis influence

Motion to withdraw endorsement of safe injection site defeated

P.E.I. hires harm reduction co-ordinator almost a year after $250,000 was budgeted for safe consumption site

No Confirmed Reports of Desomorphine (“Krocodil”/“Crocodile”) in Canada (CCENDU Bulletin)

Summarizes confirmed and unconfirmed reports about the presence of desomorphine (also known as krokodil), a synthetic opioid derived from morphine, in Canada and the United States. This bulletin also provides key information about the drug.…

Canada’s new alcohol guidelines advise fewer drinks

Opioid crisis prompts creation of toolkit for trades [CCSA interview]

Uncertainty clouds Toronto’s bid to decriminalize illicit drug possession for personal use after B.C.’s walk-back

More purveyors, products puffed up early pandemic pot sales: Study

Québec prend les familles de victimes de l’alcool au volant pour «des imbéciles», dénonce un père endeuillé

Sex, Gender and Equity Analyses [Report]

Summarizes the importance of sex-, gender- and diversity-based analysis (SGBA+) in the substance use and addiction field and outlines how to integrate it into research, programs and policies.

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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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