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Cannabis
Some of the following initiatives have been made possible through a financial contribution from Health Canada.
Position statements and practice points
- Medical cannabis for children: Evidence and recommendations (October 2023)
- Counselling adolescents and parents about cannabis: A primer for health professionals (June 2020)
- Cannabis and Canada’s children and youth (May 2017)
Clinical tools
Information for parents
- Cannabis: What parents need to know
- Cannabis use by teens (video by NOSM University medical students)
- Talking with your teen about vaping
- Ask an Expert: Vaping with CPS member Dr. Nicholas Chadi (Video courtesy of the Government of Northwest Territories)
Education
- Space cakes, Cannabursts, and Stoney Patch Kids: The dangers associated with edible cannabis products (webinar, January 2023)
- Counselling adolescents and parents on cannabis: An informed approach (eCME, 2021)
- Counselling adolescents and parents about cannabis: A primer for health professionals (podcast, November 2020)
- Cannabis and Canada's children and youth (podcast, July 2018)
News & publications
- Cannabis, Children & Youth Challenges for Paediatric Practice (Paediatrics & Child Health supplement issue, June 2020)
- COVID, youth, and substance use: Critical messages for youth and families (Dr. Nicholas Chadi, Dr. Richard Bélanger, March 2020)
- Young children at risk from cannabis edibles, according to new data from the Canadian Paediatric Surveillance Program (June 2019)
- Put kids first when regulating cannabis edibles, paediatricians urge (March 2019)
- Surveillance program launches study on serious and life-threatening events in paediatric patients due to non-medical cannabis use (October 2018)
Research & surveillance
- Serious and life-threatening events associated with non-medical (recreational) cannabis use in Canadian children and youth (2018-2022)
- Serious adverse events related to cannabis used for medical purposes (2019-2021)
Advocacy
Last updated: Jan 17, 2024