Substance Use

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Substance Use Disorder: What to Do When It Affects a Loved One

Learn how to support someone with their substance use

Jayden

Mar 8, 20223 min read

How to Help a Friend Struggling with Substance Use

It’s not always easy to know how to help when you think you see your friend struggling with substance use. Maybe you feel like they will...

Megan

Mar 5, 20215 min read

How to reduce the harms of alcohol use

Want to learn about alcohol use? Check out these tips!

brard2

Mar 5, 20213 min read

Supervised Consumption Sites and You

Although Winnipeg has yet to open any Supervised Consumption Sites (SCS), they have been a hot topic recently. There is a lot of stigma...

Carly

Mar 4, 20212 min read

The Naloxone Kit

In Healthy U, one of our focuses is to provide students with various harm-reduction techniques to help better themselves and guide...

Tee-Tee

Mar 4, 20213 min read

The Morning Brew

If you rely on caffeine to wake up or to keep yourself going throughout the day, you’re not alone. Many students consume caffeine to help...

Brandi

Mar 2, 20213 min read

A Guide to Understanding Cannabis

Only having been legal since October 2018, some may still be unfamiliar with cannabis and understanding what exactly they are purchasing...

Jayden

Mar 1, 20213 min read