Health committee  Part of the strategy will be about informing consumers. So some of that will be related to the idea that just because it's prescribed doesn't mean it's safe, and just because you can get it doesn't mean you ought to, and if you're prescribed it, you need to ask a lot of good ques

Health committee  Further to that, one of the pieces that went to Alberta Health for support was the development of an evaluation guide for those who are conducting these take-back initiatives. We can get a better sense of how effective they are in terms of awareness, community mobilization, under

Health committee  If I could add, the strategy focuses on the harms associated with those prescription drugs regardless of whether they are misused, abused, whether it's addiction or dependence. It's really focused on those harms that are associated with them, which include addiction, overdose, de

Health committee  No.

Health committee  CCSA is involved in a number of collaborations and research initiatives. One example has to do with new psychoactive substances—how to monitor them and share information across jurisdictions, domestically and internationally. We drew on some international data from Australia, the

Health committee  In the strategy document itself, we have a number of areas where there are strong linkages with first nations. As Michel mentioned, the first nations representatives at the table were an integral part of the development of this strategy and in tailoring some of the recommendation

Health committee  A number of the prevention-focused recommendations—there are 12 of these in the 58—include informing consumers, families, and communities of the nature of the issue, the extent of the issue, mechanisms for mitigation, tools to build community capacity and individual capacity to u

Health committee  One of the six teams that have been put together for the implementation of the strategy is the monitoring and surveillance team, and there is a group working on bringing together the key data holders on this issue. They vary by province, and it's difficult to compare across provi

Health committee  The strategy is in its fairly early stages in being put together, but we have a template for a meeting. We're waiting on some funds to bring that group together, but there are a number of key data sources and data stakeholders, including coroners across the country, various treat

Health committee  Yes.