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Addiction News Daily delivers the latest news on substance use and addiction, keeping you informed with timely updates, expert insights and emerging trends. Stay up to date with the most recent research, policy changes and impactful stories shaping the conversation around substance use and addiction. Read addiction news below. 

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Overdose deaths are falling. Will fentanyl crackdowns change that?

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Sask. family says lack of mental health funding is putting youth at risk
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Body sat for 11 days after overdose death in 'first-of-its kind' supportive housing complex
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Le Bureau du coroner souhaite voir la diphénhydramine retirée des tablettes
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Latest CCSA News

 Keep informed with the most recent updates from CCSA. From research findings to policy developments and our work in communities, stay up to date on how CCSA is making an impact on substance use health in Canada. Read CCSA news below. 

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Mayors from across Canada gather to identify solutions to local substance use crises

Ottawa, May 1, 2025 — Mayors and city representatives from across Canada gathered in Lethbridge, Alta., April 14–16, 2025, to review approaches for addressing the substance use…

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CCSA hosting mayors from across Canada to address impact of the substance use crisis on small cities
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Harnessing the Power of Community to Tackle the Toxic Drug Crisis
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Statement: Public health and safety key to addressing fentanyl crisis
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Browse the CCSA Network of Websites

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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CECA

CCSA contributes to the strategy development and provides secretariat, financial and support services to the council — a national, non-governmental organization that influences public policy on substance use.
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