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Workplaces and Substance Use: Safety-Sensitive Positions – Stigma

Illustrates key context and data on stigma related to substance use by individuals in safety-sensitive positions (positions that pose potential risks to self, co-workers, the public or the environment).

300,000 Canadians at 'severe' or 'moderate' risk of gambling problems

Nova Scotia minister describes daughter’s addiction to opioids

Province to close supervised consumption site in Calgary's Beltline following deadliest year for opioid deaths

Abbotsford Police training more officers to detect impaired driving

Drug-testing pilot seeking non-typical overdose reactions across Fraser East

Mobile mental health and addictions team unveiled by health minister

Statement by Rita Notarandrea, CEO, on International Day Against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking

Ottawa, June 26, 2018 — Today, with the United Nations, governments, NGOs and citizens from around the world, the Canadian Centre on Substance Use and Addiction (CCSA) is proud to recognize the…

Calgary on pace to set new record for deaths by drug poisoning this year

B.C. to provide regulated substances under safe supply directive to mitigate drug overdoses

Acheter du cannabis dans les festivals de Calgary pourrait devenir réalité

Why is Canada's illicit drug supply so deadly and what's being done about it? (CCSA quoted)

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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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