Canada

Risks and Harms Associated with the Nonmedical Use of Benzodiazepines in the Unregulated Drug Supply in Canada

Report

25 December 2021

Summary Substance use risks are significantly higher for people who obtain drugs on the unregulated market as there is no quality control and drug contents are unpredictable. This lack of predictability has increased during the COVID-19...

Prevalence of and Factors Associated With Substance Use Among Canadian Medical Students

Scientific article

17 November 2021

To the authors' knowledge, this study is one of the largest and most comprehensive studies of medical student substance use. Canadian medical students reported similar rates of alcohol use, higher rates of cannabis use, and lower rates of...

Blueprint for Action: Preventing substance-related harms among youth through a Comprehensive School Health approach

Book

13 August 2021

The Public Health Agency of Canada developed The Blueprint for Action: Preventing substance-related harms among youth through a Comprehensive School Approach with a policy paper. These new resources for preventing substance-related harms...

Substance Use, Mental Health and Suicide among Inuit in Canada

Book

13 October 2021

The Canadian Centre on Substance Use and Addiction (CCSA) and Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami (ITK), the national organization representing Inuit across Canada, have summarized the latest statistics on substance use and mental health among Inuit in...

COVID-19 & Substance Use in Canada: Impacts on Consumption, Services, and Service Providers

ISSUP Webinar

20 October 2021

ISSUP are pleased to present their Webinar on COVID-19 & Substance Use in Canada: Impacts on consumption, services, and service providers, presented by the Canadian Centre on Substance Use and Addiction (CCSA).

COVID-19 & Substance Use in Canada: Impacts on Consumption, Services, and Service Providers

20 October 2021

Ottawa

Canada

ISSUP would like to invite you to attend the upcoming Webinar on COVID-19 & Substance Use in Canada: Impacts on consumption, services, and service providers, presented by the Canadian Centre on Substance Use and (CCSA).

Experiences of cannabis-related stigma

27 July 2021

Toronto

Canada

Issues of Substance Conference 2021

23 November 2021

Online

CCSA’s Issues of Substance is the flagship event of the Canadian Centre on Substance Use and

Addictions Counseling Today Update Newsletters (ACT-SAB Update)

Scientific article

1 October 2020

Addictions Counseling Today: Substances & Addictive Behaviors (ACT-SAB) Updates

National Addictions Awareness Week

News

National Addictions Awareness Week (NAAW) is from November 22 to 28. Change Begins with Me is the theme for this year’s National Addictions Awareness Week (NAAW). We want to present Canadians with ways they can reassess the way they think...

Themes

Epidemiology and Etiology

Supply control

Emergency Resources