Using Response Strategy Research
This year the CCSA was created by an Act of Parliament to provide leadership on substance use
What is 1988?
This life-saving opioid antidote is widely distributed in Canada and promoted by CCSA harm-reduction partners
What is naloxone?
The CCSA developed national low-risk guidance for this commonly used substance in 2023
What is alcohol?
As a non-profit, the CCSA relies on this type of financial support to continue its national work
What are third-party funds and partnerships?
The CCSA develops these types of documents to guide responses, like the 2023 alcohol report
What are evidence-based national guidance documents?
The CCSA’s harm reduction resources support expanding access to this kind of health service for people who use substances
What are drug-checking and safer-use services?
Youth told the CCSA that prevention works best when programs focus on more than peer pressure — including this area of personal health
What is mental health and coping skills?
Money raised helps CCSA maintain this data project that tracks the health and social costs of substance use in Canada
What is the Canadian Substance Use Costs and Harms Project?
The CCSA hosts this national conference that brings together experts to share best practices for responding to substance use
What is Issues of Substance?
One of CCSA’s roles is ensuring that this type of evidence informs how we respond to overdoses
What is scientific / research evidence?
The vision of the CCSA is for a healthier Canadian society free from these types of harms
What are alcohol- and drug-related harms?
Fundraising and donations allow CCSA to host events like this large biennial knowledge-sharing event
What is the Issues of Substance conference?
This is the Antidote for a Benzodiazepine overdose
Flumazenil?