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Call for a National Strategy to Address Gambling-Related Harms in Wake of Sports Betting Boom
Ottawa, July 2, 2024 — Recent gambling policy changes in Canada have led to increased opportunities to legally bet on sports and gamble online, 24 hours a day, seven days a week. Released today, Gambling Availability and Advertising in Canada: A Call to Action looks at the impacts of legal gambling…
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CCSA to Increase Impact with Additional Innovation and Community-Building Capacity
Ottawa, May 30, 2024 — The Canadian Centre on Substance Use and Addiction (CCSA) is pleased to welcome Karen Cumberland and Dr. Kim Corace to its executive. Together, they will reinforce CCSA’s capacity to innovate rapidly and adapt effectively to fast-moving substance use health challenges, to foc…
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Canada’s Guidance on Alcohol and Health, Public Summary: Drinking Less Is Better (Poster)
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Opening Remarks Before the House of Commons Standing Committee on Health By Dr. Alexander Caudarella, Chief Executive Officer Canadian Centre on Substance Use and Addictions
“Mr. Chair, Vice-Chairs and Committee members, thank you for inviting the Canadian Centre on Substance Use and Addiction — or CCSA — today.
It was the late Brian Mulroney who created CCSA through an act of Parliament 35 years ago as a non-governmental, not-for-profit organization man…