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The York Region Withdrawal Management Centre

Addiction Services Central Ontario (ASCO), in partnership with Caritas School of Life and the Krasman Centre, with funding from Ontario’s Addictions Recovery Fund, is pleased to announce the pilot launch of a new withdrawal management centre in York Region. In addition to the six publicly funded withdrawal management beds, this centre will also work with a number of community

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Well(nest) Service Provides Day & Evening Treatment

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The Difference Between Substance Use and Abuse

Substance abuse can simply be defined as a pattern of harmful use of any substance for mood-altering purposes. “Substances” can include alcohol and other drugs (illegal or not) as well as some substances that are not drugs at all. “Abuse” can result because you are using a substance in a way that is not intended

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New Online Learning Suite Helps End the Stigma of Substance Use

Overcoming Stigma, a suite of online resources to help Canadians recognize the various forms of stigma and their devastating impact on people who use substances, is now complete and available to the public. The Canadian Centre on Substance Use and Addiction (CCSA) developed the newly released second and third modules in partnership with the Community

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