Snapshot
Pandemic Stresses Are Having a Greater Impact on Females in Households with Young Children: New Report
The Canadian Centre on Substance Use and Addiction and the Mental Health Commission of Canada have commissioned a series of Leger surveys to explore the ongoing impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the mental health and substance use of Canadians.
The latest report in our series on Mental Health and Substance Use During COVID-19 explores the impact of pandemic-related stresses by gender and household type.
CCSA Spotlight
Clearing the Smoke on Cannabis: Respiratory and Cardiovascular Effects of Cannabis Smoking [report]
Reviews research about the effects of smoking cannabis on the cardiovascular and respiratory systems (heart and lungs). Findings of the report include that cannabis smoke contains many of the same chemicals as tobacco smoke, emerging evidence that quitting cannabis smoking can reverse some of the n…
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CCSA's Issues of Substance Conference
CCSA’s Issues of Substance is the flagship event of the Canadian Centre on Substance Use and Addiction (CCSA). The biennial event is Canada’s only national conference that brings together addiction workers, healthcare professionals, researchers, policy makers, knowledge brokers, and people with dir…
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Publication
Mental Health and Substance Use During COVID-19: Spotlight on Canadian Households with Young Children [infographic]
Highlights key data from the Mental Health and Substance Use During COVID-19: Spotlight on Gender and Household Size summary report. Also provides tips and resources to help Canadians cope with stress, anxiety and substance use during the pandemic.
Learn more about Mental Health and Substance Use During COVID-19: Spotlight on Canadian Households with Young Children [infographic]
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