The Safe School Committee members would like to share with you a list of resources about Substance Use Awareness and Prevention. These resources are aimed to help address some of the misconceptions that students may have about the usage and effect of Cannabis, Vaping and Alcohol and its legal ramifications.

Links to available resources:

Cannabis and Drug Use

• Cannabis Information for Schools and School Boards
• Cannabis: What Parents/Guardians and Caregivers Need to Know
• Kids Help Phone - Cannabis: Important Things to Know
• CBC The Nature Of Things The Downside of High
• Cannabis Legalization: Ontario information and rules about recreational cannabis
• Teachers: Legalization of Recreational Cannabis (Ministry of Education)
• Cannabis in Canada: Government of Canada information and rules about recreational cannabis
• Cannabis Health Effects (Government of Canada)
• Canadian Youth Perceptions on Cannabis
• The Effects of Cannabis Use during Adolescence
• Talking with Teenagers about Drug Use (Government of Canada)
• Drug-Free Kids Canada

Vaping 

• Government of Canada: Consider the Consequences of Vaping
• School Mental Health Ontario: Vaping: What you and your friends need to know

Alcohol

• Youth and Alcohol: Drug Free Kids Canada
• Alcohol (Canadian Drug Summary)
• Alcohol Abuse Facts - Teen Challenge Canada