Amanda Farrell-Low

Amanda Farrell-Low is the Canadian Institute for Substance Use Research's Communications Officer and Assistant to the Director, based in CISUR's Victoria office. She helps to promote the work CISUR does, as well as spread the word about research and news in the substance use and harm reduction fields. She has worked as a journalist in Victoria for over 10 years, with a special focus on music, arts and culture.

Projects

• Canadian Alcohol Policy Evaluation
• Effects of COVID-19 on alcohol and cannabis sales and alcohol- and cannabis-related hospitalizations and deaths in BC
• Unsupervised Alcohol Consumption on Municipal Properties in BC

Publications

• Policy Brief: Not Just a Walk in the Park: Unsupervised Alcohol Consumption on Municipal Properties in BC
• Report: Not Just a Walk in the Park: Unsupervised Alcohol Consumption on Municipal Properties in BC
• Sales and Revenue from Regulated Cannabis Products in BC: October 2018-December 2020
• Translating the lived experience of illicit drinkers into program guidance for cannabis substitution: Experiences from the Canadian Managed Alcohol Program Study