Cannabis During Pregnancy and Breastfeeding Cannabis is the second-most common psychoactive substance used during pregnancy (after alcohol). These videos explain that exposure to cannabis can affect a baby’s mental and physical development, and there is not enough evidence to support using canna…
Evaluating the Short-Term Impacts of Cannabis Legalization on Alcohol Consumption, Co-occurring Cannabis and Alcohol Consumption, and Alcohol Consequences Among Adolescents and Adults in Ontario Imtiaz, S., Agic, B., Elton-Marshall, T., Hamilton, H. A. 0, Jiang, H., Mann, R. E, Sanches, M., Shie…
Understanding the relationship between recreational cannabis use and mental health in a marginalized population Barr, A. M., Panenka, W. J., MacCallum, C. A., Lo, L. A., Yau, J. C.., Rintoul, K., & Schjelderup, L. This study aimed to understand cannabis use in a disadvantaged group of peo…
The Physical Availability of Cannabis Stores and Cannabis Use and Harms: A Systematic Review Cantor, N., Silverman, M., Gaudreault, A., Hutton, B., Brown, C., Elton-Marshall, T., Imtizad, S., Sikora, L., Tanuseputro, P., Myran, D., This systematic review, encompassing 22 studies and 32 distin…
Investigating the Impacts of Cannabis Retail Policy on the Health of Canadians: evidence generation using pan Canadian health administrative data Myran, D., Tanuseputro, P., Auger, N., Konikoff, L., Talarico, R., Finkelstein, Y., Gaudreault, A., Pacula, R. The objectives of this research proj…
Shea’s areas of expertise include youth health promotion, cannabis and mental health.
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The information on COVID-19 and substance use in this section comes from resource collections, academic publications, policies and guides from the federal, provincial and territorial governments as well as professional organizations. CCSA cannot vouch for the accuracy or currency of the informat…
Information and resources about the costs and harms of substance use in Canada.
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While the prevalence of methamphetamine use among the general population in Canada is low, since 2013 there has been a dramatic increase in the availability and harms associated with methamphetamine in Canada. This trend is particularly true in British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan and Manitoba. …
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