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A framework and supportive resource for professionals that identifies the technical and behavioural abilities (specific, measurable skills, knowledge, attitudes and values) required to perform optimally in the substance abuse field [Canadian Network of Substance Abuse and Allied Professionals]
What do people in prison have to say about the Canadian government’s unwillingness to permit the distribution of clean needles in prison? How has this policy, that denies the realities of injection drug use in prison, affected individuals who are struggling with drug addiction? [Canadian HIV/AIDS Legal Network]
Vol XIX, No 4, 2009 [Canadian Centre on Substance Abuse, UK]
A recent evaluation by the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH) shows that online interventions for problem alcohol use can be effective in changing drinking behaviours and offers a significant public health benefit [Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, Canada]
In short, the impasse the U.S. faces in Afghanistan, in its efforts to support an unpopular and corrupt regime, must be understood in the light of its past relations to the drug traffic there – a situation which resembles the past U.S. involvement in Laos even more than in Vietnam [Global Research, Canada]
The Canadian federal government is again proposing mandatory sentences and stiff penalties for certain drug offences. But evidence shows that they only worsen an already dire situation [Canadian HIV/Aids Legal Network]
[Canadian Center on Substance Abuse]
Smoking of crack cocaine was found to be an independent risk factor for HIV seroconversion among people who were injection drug users. This finding points to the urgent need for evidence-based public health initiatives targeted at people who smoke crack cocaine [Canadian Medical Association]
[Canadian Centre on Substance Abuse]
The greatest challenges can only be solved collectively—by amassing the strength of many; by compiling knowledge, combining resources and taking action together [Canadian Centre of Substance Abuse]
There are no straightforward, off-the-shelf solutions to mounting concerns in Canada about prescription opioids [Canadian Medical Association]
A libertarian look at Canada’s drug treatment courts [Canada’s Journal of Ideas]
Establishing a free-market in drugs in Canada {Canada’s Journal of Ideas]
In this report, the third in a series reviewing the effects of cannabis use on various aspects of human functioning and development, the topic of cannabis use and driving is addressed [Canadian Center on Substance Abuse]
This conference aims to present evidence on the interaction between trauma and addiction and will discuss special treatment needs in various cultural contexts. Vancouver, Canada, October 27 – 29 [CHÉOS & UBC Institute of Mental Health, Canada]
The biennial conference of the Canadian Centre on Substance Abuse, November 15–18, 2009, Halifax, Nova Scotia [Canadian Centre on Substance Abuse]
Final report on the research on useful and innovative harm reduction programs and practices in nine small-to-medium-sized cities in Canada [Canadian Harm Reduction Network & Canadian AIDS Society]
[Canadian Centre on Substance Abuse]
Maternal Cannabis Use During Pregnancy [Canadian Centre on Substance Abuse]
What are the positive aspects of having a place where injecting can be supervised – from the user’s perspective and from the provider’s perspective? [Canadian Centre on Substance Abuse]
