CANADIAN LINKS: WORKPLACE SUBSTANCE ABUSE
BARBARA BUTLER & ASSOCIATES INC.

 

1. For more information on employee assistance and assistance services,
look to the resource material through the Canadian Centre on Substance Abuse:

A database of treatment services by city can be accessed at:
http://www.ccsa.ca/Eng/KnowledgeCentre/OurDatabases/TreatmentServices/Pages/default.aspx

2. For more information on workplace substance abuse in general, and available literature, you can contact the Canadian Centre on Substance Abuse:
http://www.ccsa.ca/Eng/Topics/Populations/Workplace/Pages/default.aspx

Research Publications including the Canadian Addictions Survey are
found at:
http://www.ccsa.ca/Eng/Statistics/Canada/GHAS/Pages/default.aspx

A series of Alberta Alcohol and Drug Abuse Commission research reports including the 2002 Workplace Survey can be accessed at:
http://www.aadac.com/87_491.asp

3. For information about on-line supervisor training programs, contact Corridor Interactive through their web page at:
http://corridorinteractive.com

4. Some of the web pages where legal decisions are posted include:

The Supreme Court of Canada:
http://www.lexum.umontreal.ca/csc-scc/en/index.html

The Alberta Courts:
http://www.albertacourts.ab.ca/

The B.C. Courts:
http://www.courts.gov.bc.ca/

The Ontario Courts:
http://www.ontariocourts.on.ca/

Information on human rights legislation and related issues can be accessed through the Federal Human Rights Commission web site:
http://www.chrc-ccdp.ca/default-en.asp?lang_update=1
and through the various provincial commission sites (see Human Rights resource).

5. For general information about alcohol and drug use and impacts:

Health Canada Information about Drugs and Drug Abuse
http://www.hc-sc.gc.ca/hc-ps/drugs-drogues/learn-renseigne/index-eng.php

AADAC fact sheets on drugs:
http://www.aadac.com/87_397.asp

AADAC information on alcohol:
http://www.aadac.com/87_135.asp

The Centre for Addiction and Mental Health in Ontario has a wide range of information resources best sorted through their alphabetical index at:
http://www.camh.net/Publications/CAMH_Publications/alphabetical_pubsindex.html

CAMH also has information about drugs and addictions at:
http://www.camh.net/About_Addiction_Mental_Health/Drug_and_Addiction_Information/index.html

6. The U.S. Department of Transportation Office of Drug and Alcohol Policy
and Compliance:

http://www.dot.gov/ost/dapc/index.html

 

 

Other Articles by Barbara Butler:
WHY SHOULD WE HAVE A POLICY?

CREATING AND IMPLEMENTING POLICY


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