An insight into the Canadian Centre on Substance Use and Addiction’s 2019 Issues of Substance Conference held November 25 to November 27 in Ottawa, Ontario.
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Global News: The science of addiction: How our bodies get hooked on drugs, alcohol
Addiction, which affects roughly 21 per cent of Canadians at some point in their lives, can damage the brain, body and more. Unfortunately, the illness is often
Maclean’s: What’s it like to be a non-drinker at a Canadian university?
by Stacy Lee Kong Nov 27, 2019 Downey (centre) is part of a growing trend of students socializing without alcohol (Photograph by Andrew Tolson) St. Francis
Don’t explain why you don’t drink — it’s nobody’s business
Non-drinkers are usually faced with a barrage of questions when they turn down a drink, but there’s no need to justify why you abstain. (Lucas
Andre Picard: We need to stop romanticizing alcohol
There has been, in recent months, intense attention paid to the devastation wrought by opioids and endless debate about the potential health impacts of legalizing
CanFASD: Great new FASD Awareness Month Campaigns from across Canada
Building awareness about the risks surrounding alcohol use when pregnant and supports for making change in alcohol use are foundational to preventing Fetal Alcohol Spectrum