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The plan made by the Canadian Government to legalize the use of recreational cannabis by 2018 spurred Thunderbird Partnership Foundation to increase community knowledge and dialogue about [...]

The Canadian Centre on Substance Use and Addiction (CCSA) and National Advisory Committee have released the first ever report highlighting recovery in Canada. The report, titled Life in Recovery [...]

he SPOR Rewarding Success Initiative is an experimental funding model that is being piloted in five provinces: British Columbia, Alberta, Manitoba, Saskatchewan, and Newfoundland & Labrador. [...]

On Monday October 30 2017 a forum discussing the impact of non-medical cannabis legalization will be hosted by Alberta Health Services to explore the impacts on our health care system and how [...]

CRISM’s submission to CIHR to create a 5-year implementation science program on opioid-related services has been reviewed and approved.  In consultation with CIHR, we are designing a [...]

The Lower Risk Cannabis Use Guidelines (LRCUG) are an evidence-based public health intervention tool, allowing cannabis users to modify and reduce their risks for health harms associated with [...]

Issue 14 Latest News from the Prairie CRISM Node

The Canadian Society of Addiction Medicine (La societe medicale canadienne sur l’addiction) will be holding its Annual Meeting and Scientific Conference October 19 through October 21 in Niagara [...]

Alberta Health has asked Edmonton and Calgary to expedite their process of seeking provincial funding and federal approval toward implementing supervised injection services in response to the [...]

Issue 13 Latest news from the Prairie CRISM Node