CEO Canadian Centre on Substance Use and Addiction/PD Centre Canadien sur les dépendances et l'usage de substances Family Physician/substance use physician
Joined October 2011
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Join @CCSACanada Weee looking for an exceptional candidate that can lead our work in alcohol, Cannabis and gambling as the director of health promotion. It is a tremendous opportunity at a growing organisation that wants to have real impact.
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Today I find myself yearning for a simpler time, a time where everyone was focused on the well-being of a small monkey in a shearling coat stuck at IKEA.
Cool analogy @HeidiTworek “The guidance is more like a dial rather than a light switch that some people will find helpful as they monitor their consumption”, said Tworek, a Canada Research Chair in health communication ctvnews.ca/health/low-risk-a…
CMAJ highlighting alignment of CCSA report with recent WHO work. We’re trying to get people the information they need to make decisions that makes sense to them. Thanks.
"We cannot talk about a so-called safe level of alcohol use..."
Should alcohol carry a warning label? cmajnews.com/2023/01/20/alco… #CdnHealth #PublicHealth #MedTwitter
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Dr Katherine Severi on Canada's new guidelines:
"The reason that Canada has reduced its low-risk drinking guidelines is because we now have a much better understanding of alcohol harm than we did 10 years ago, when they last set their guidelines."
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Touched that colleagues & friends texted me this week to say they’ve learned something new or had a new or deeper conversation with family about alcohol. Hoping that people continue to learn and engage to make informed decisions and improve their health #therighttoknow
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Evidently, all it took to send much of the Canadian establishment into a tizzy was a gentle suggestion that they should maybe drink less.
“It’s about stacking odds”. True. That’s why being well informed to pick and choose in a way that maximizes your health and enjoyment is right.
@ianrausten in @nytimes talks about a growing scientific consensus around alcohol and some of the relevant policy questions nytimes.com/2023/01/21/world…
“To researchers who study alcohol, that recommendation isn’t surprising”. @TIME and @Jamie_Ducharme do an excellent job of showing Canada’s Guidance on alcohol & Health doesn’t reinvent the wheel; it amplifies well established science time.com/6248439/no-safe-amo…
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“European countries should follow Canada’s example and ensure their alcohol guidelines are updated to fit new scientific evidence. The world's heaviest drinking region needs to know less is better” Florence Berteletti, SG, Eurocare @CCSACanada
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Kudos to @CCSACanada for changing the conversation about alcohol. Autonomy, harm reduction and transparency. Nice to see 🇨🇦 leading the way. ccsa.ca/canadas-guidance-alc…
Is There Really No Safe Amount of Alcohol? | Time time.com/6248439/no-safe-amo…
Thank you @RichardCPiper CCSA hopes this concept of putting power back in people’s hands to make their own decision through a continuum of risk can be taken up in other countries as you say.
"There are some elements of the Canadian guidelines we [the UK] should definitely copy. The first is the clear statement that the less you drink the better, from a health point of view. The second thing... is they’ve presented a scale.” @RichardCPiper
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"There are some elements of the Canadian guidelines we [the UK] should definitely copy. The first is the clear statement that the less you drink the better, from a health point of view. The second thing... is they’ve presented a scale.” @RichardCPiper
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The CCSA now recommends two drinks or less a week, far less than previous advice, and the Canadian Cancer Society agrees.
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Statement from the Council of Chief Medical Officers of Health (CCMOH) on Alcohol Consumption - Canada.ca canada.ca/en/public-health/n…