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CCSA Research Activities
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2004 Canadian Addiction Survey (CAS)
The CAS is the first national survey dedicated to alcohol, cannabis and other drug use since Canada's Alcohol and Other Drugs Survey (CADS) in 1994. It is one of the most detailed and extensive surveys of its kind ever conducted in Canada.
Canadian Community Epidemiology Network on Drug Use (CCENDU)
CCENDU was established in response to a 1995 feasibility study that identified the need for a Canada-wide surveillance system on substance abuse.
The Costs of Substance Abuse in Canada
The Costs of Substance Abuse in Canada 2002 describes substance abuse as a significant burden on the Canadian economy in terms of both its direct impact on health care and criminal justice costs, and its indirect toll on productivity resulting from disability and premature death.
Moving Towards a National Research Agenda
More than 70 leading addictions researchers and other specialists from across Canada met in Ottawa on October 2-4, 2003 to develop a strategic addictions research agenda, ranging from basic and clinical science to social, cultural and environmental research in relation to alcohol and illicit drugs.
Research in Addictions: Innovative Approaches in Health Research
Through this Strategic Initiative, the sponsoring organizations hope to challenge researchers working across a host of disciplines representing the full spectrum of health research to undertake work that will contribute to our understanding of alcohol and illicit drug use, abuse and addiction and cross-addictions with gambling and tobacco use in order to inform the intervention strategies of addiction professionals, policy makers, and the Canadian public.
Substance Abuse in Canada: Current Challenges and Choices
This report, a collaboration between CCSA and a team of addiction experts working in Canada, explores a series of key contemporary issues in substance abuse and the potential policy implications for Canada.
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