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Preventing Drug- and Alcohol-related Harms at Music Festivals in Canada

Summarizes approaches to preventing drug- and alcohol-related harms at Canadian music festivals. The report highlights the importance of event organization and design, promotion of health, reduction of harms, mass gathering medicine, enforcement…

Policy Brief to the Standing Senate Committee on Legal and Constitutional Affairs: Bill C-5

Submitted to the Standing Senate Committee on Legal and Constitutional Affairs in September 2022.

Permanent memorial being planned to remember those who died from drug poisoning

Un programme imparfait mais qui sauve des vies

Outpatient addiction treatment coming to Kamloops

‘Absolutely horrific:’ The median age of death for unhoused women in Toronto is now 36

Methamphetamine (Canadian Drug Summary)

Summarizes data on the use of methamphetamine, including the harms and effects, legal status, hospitalization and access to treatment.

Picking up the pieces; Addiction and Mental Health

‘It’s more than just not drinking’: A closer look at addiction and complete mental health

$2.5M in support announced for Eastern Townships’ drug crisis

Systems Approach Workbook: Case Study: Creating Connections: Alberta’s Addictions and Mental Health Action Plan

Opioid crisis cost U.S. nearly $1.5 trillion in 2020 - Congressional report

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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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