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More than 6 drinks a week puts your health at risk: New Canada’s Guidance on Alcohol and Health

Ottawa, January 17, 2023 — According to the new Canada’s Guidance on Alcohol and Health, 3–6 standard drinks a week represents a moderate risk to your health. After that, the more you drink, the more you increase your risk of seven types of cancer, most types of cardiovascular diseases, liver disea…

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Lifetime Risk of Alcohol-Attributable Death and Disability

Published: 2023

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• Alcohol

• LRDG Lifetime risk of alcohol attributable death and disabilit

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Canada’s Guidance on Alcohol and Health: Final Report

Published: 2023

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• Alcohol

• Canada’s Guidance on Alcohol and Health: Final Report

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Canada’s Guidance on Alcohol and Health, Public Summary: Drinking Less Is Better (Infographic)

Published: 2023

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• Canada’s Guidance on Alcohol and Health, Public Summary

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CCENDU Bulletin: An Update on Stimulant Use and Related Harms in Canada and the United States

Published: 2022

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• CCENDU 2022 Stimulants Update

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Emergency Department Visits for Alcohol, Cannabis and Opioid Use Among Youth

Ottawa, December 13, 2022 — Alcohol was involved in more medical emergencies that sent young people to hospital emergency departments (EDs) than cannabis or opioids, according to a new study of 4,634 cases in three Canadian communities. In a four-year study of EDs in Sherbrooke, Que., Saskatoon, Sa…

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• Opioids

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Evaluation of Psychoactive Substances that Bring Youth to the Emergency Department

Published: 2022

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• Youth
• Cannabis
• Alcohol
• Opioids

• Psychoactive Substances that Bring Youth to the Emergency Department

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Clearing the Smoke on Cannabis: Cannabis Use and Driving – An Update

Published: 2022

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• Cannabis

• CCSA-Cannabis-Use-Driving-Report-2022-en

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Opioids (Canadian Drug Summary)

Published: 2022

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• Opioids

• CCSA-Canadian-Drug-Summary--Opioids-2022-en

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Standing Committee on Health: Canada’s Health Workforce Brief (Policy Brief)

Published: 2022

• Standing Committee on Canada’s Health Workforce in May 2022