The Canadian Centre on Substance Use and Addiction (CCSA) provided funding to Dr. Akwasi Owusu-Bempah and Dr. Scot Wortley from the University of Toronto to research youth interactions with the criminal justice system, including the nature and outcomes of those interactions.

The Cannabis Act marked an important step in the legalization and regulation of cannabis in Canada. One of the primary objectives of the Act is to protect youth and divert profits away from organized crime and illicit markets. To date, little is known about the effects of the Cannabis Act on young people’s contact with...

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 among youth are now available for administrators, school board officials, teachers, guidance counsellors, healthcare professionals and community organizations that support youth.

The Blueprint combines evidence-based prevention and intervention approaches with the Comprehensive School Health framework, an internationally recognized approach to building...

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 Substance Use, Mental Health and Suicide among Inuit in Canada. The statistics come from the full technical report, Risk and Protective Factors for Suicide among Inuit in Canada.

The new report sheds more light on the risk and protective factors for suicide among Inuit across Northern Canada. As Inuit have some of the highest suicide rates in Canada, with...

Crisis situations, such as security incidents, earthquakes and floods, are on the increase and often leave families very vulnerable. Parents that have lived through crisis situations have reported how concerned they are about their children’s wellbeing. When facing the many physical consequences of crisis contexts, parents often struggle to know how best to respond to their children.

The information here aims to help you by providing some ideas about how you can help both yourself and your children get through the challenges you may be facing, and how to stay connected as a family. You will...

استفاده از الکول و مواد مخدر یک نگرانی قابل توجه بهداشت عمومی است و در خانواده ها وجود دارد. تصور می شود که بیش از 100 میلیون نفر تحت تاثیر مصرف مواد یکی از بستگان نزدیک قرار دارند و بسیاری از آنها پیامدهای منفی بهداشتی و اجتماعی را تجربه می کنند. استرس زاهای اضافی، مانند درگیری بین فردی، مسائل مالی، بار مراقبت، و درگیری های خانوادگی، اغلب تاثیر چند بعدی استفاده از مواد را افزایش می دهد. علاوه بر این، شواهدی از ارتباط بین مصرف مواد و خشونت شریک صمیمی و سوء استفاده، هم در مجرم و هم در قربانی، و همچنین ارتباط بین مصرف شدید مواد و شدت خشونت وجود دارد. کودکان به ویژه به عواقب مصرف مواد یکی از...