# Substance Use Conversations with Youth: Tips for Adult Allies — A Communication Guide

  

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  [Substance Use Conversations with Youth: Tips for Adult Allies — A Communication Guide](https://www.ccsa.ca/en/substance-use-conversations-youth-tips-adult-allies-communication-guide)

 

   Subject:  [Substance Use & Addictions](/taxonomy/term/52) 

 Format:  [Guides](/taxonomy/term/69) 

From the Canadian Centre on Substance Use and Addiction, learn about how caregivers, educators, and other caring adults can navigate conversations and  provide information to youth about substance use