Increasing Awareness and Understanding of Problematic Substance Use Reducing Alcohol-Related Harms Addressing Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD) Preventing the Problematic Use of Pharmaceuticals Addressing Enforcement Issues Sustaining Workforce Development Implementing a National Research Agenda and Facilitating Knowledge Transfer Improving the quality, accessibility and range of options to treat harmful substance use including substance use disorders (Treatment) Modernizing Legislative, Regulatory and Policy Frameworks Focusing on Children and Youth Reaching Out to Canada’s North Supporting First Nations, Inuit and Métis People in Addressing Their Needs Responding to Offender-Related Issues Raising Public Awareness About Addictions: Creating Momentum for Action National Alcohol Policy Thematic Workshop National Thematic Workshop on Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD) Preventing the Harmful Use of Psychotropic Pharmaceuticals National Thematic Workshop on Enforcement Police and Policing Partners: Supply Management and Demand Reduction Workforce Development Thematic Workshop National Thematic Workshop on Research National Thematic Workshop on Improving the Quality, Accessibility, and Range of Options to Treat Harmful Substance Use Including Substance Use Disorders (Treatment) National Thematic Workshop on Corrections National Symposium on Language
 
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Preventing the Harmful Use of Psychotropic Pharmaceuticals

Preventing the Harmful Use of Psychotropic Pharmaceuticals – convened as a first step in addressing the Framework priority of Preventing the Problematic use of Pharmaceuticals.

  • Held – March 21-22, 2006
  • Hosted by Health Canada
  • 44 participants representative of the federal and provincial governments, NGOs, regulatory bodies, law enforcement, the pharmaceutical industry, and academia
  • Objectives:

to identify issues of national concern related to the problematic use of psychotropic pharmaceuticals that could be addressed through a collaborative approach;

to identify possible strategies, approaches and mechanisms (such as research, policy, treatment, prevention, enforcement, etc.) that could be used to address the most significant issues. 

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