Young People and Mental Wellness: Why It’s Important to Inspire Easily Influenced Minds

Despite the harmful consequences of substance use that can lead to mental and physical distress, vulnerable youth are still engaging in unsafe behaviors involving drugs and alcohol.

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Canadian Centre on Substance Use and Addiction: Alcohol, 2017; http://www.ccdus.ca/Resource%20Library/CCSA-Canadian-Drug-Summary-Alcohol-2017-en.pdf

Canadian Centre on Substance Use and Addiction: Cannabis, 2018;http://www.ccdus.ca/Resource%20Library/CCSA-Canadian-Drug-Summary-Cannabis-2018-en.pdf

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An Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences / Public Health Ontario: Opening Eyes, Opening Minds: The Ontario Burden of Mental Illness and Addictions, 2012; https://www.publichealthontario.ca/-/media/documents/opening-eyes.pdf?la=en

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Health Officer’s Council of British Columbia: http://healthofficerscouncil.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/psychoactive-substances-paper-to-leaders-feb-28-2013.pdf

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