The Canadian Centre on Substance Use and Addiction (CCSA) transforms complex data into insights that reflect real human experiences. Every aspect of the Canadian Substance Use Cost and Harms (CSUCH) project represents individuals with lived or living experience of substance use, along with their families, workplaces, and communities.

A new resource highlights these journeys and the human cost of substance use through illustrated stories from people with lived experience and their families. The illustrations cover three key areas of the CSUCH project: healthcare, lost productivity, and...

A new rule will require all packaged alcohol being sold to have warnings on the label about the harm it can cause to unborn babies.

The food safety agency says the move is supported by advice from doctors, midwives, the Ministry of Health, and many others.

Between 1,800 and 3,000 babies are born with Foetal Alcohol Syndrome each year in New Zealand.

Listen to the New Zealand Food Safety deputy-director general Vincent Arbuckle talk about the new legislation here. 

Лечение от алкоголизма и других наркологических расстройств, как правило, предоставляется только отдельным лицам, часто вдали от своих семей. Лечение направлено на улучшение самочувствия и снижение вреда от употребления психоактивных веществ, а семьи и общины могут играть значительную роль на пути человека к выздоровлению.

В этой статье, опубликованной в журнале Conversation, исследуется потенциальная роль семей в лечении в Австралии.

Далее авторы предлагают 3 способа расширения доступа и создания модели лечения, ориентированной на семью.

This report presents the most recent and in-depth data on overdose and drug-induced deaths in Australia, covering the period 2002 to 2021. It is the most recent output in a series of annual publications on trends in drug overdose deaths issued by Drug Trends for over 20 years. 

This publication includes: 

• Report 
• Methods document 
• Executive Summary 
• Infographics 
• Appendix 

Findings are reported by age, sex, jurisdiction, remoteness area, socio-economic status, intent, psychosocial risk factors, and drug type.