The purpose of the DrugsNot4Me Web site is to provide Canadian youth with information on the harms related to illicit drugs. The Web site focuses on the prevention of illicit drug use.
User-Submitted Content
Suitability of user-submitted content
Some sections of the DrugsNot4Me Web site invite users to submit content to be considered for posting to the site. Health Canada will evaluate submissions and select content that Health Canada, in its own discretion, determines contributes to the purpose of the DrugsNot4Me Web site for posting. Health Canada reserves the right to refuse to post any submissions to the DrugsNot4Me Web site that Health Canada considers will not contribute to the purpose of the DrugsNot4Me Web site for any reason whatsoever.
Content submitted for publication on the Web site as determined by Health Canada in addition to having the right message and tone should:
NOT be obscene, vulgar, or indecent
NOT contain any nudity, profanity, acts or threats of violence, defamatory, disparaging or slanderous statements about any company, entity or person
NOT contain any personally identifiable information about you or any other person (this includes not using their image without their permission)
NOT contain any names, products or services of any company or entity, or any copyrights, trademarks, logos, slogans, mascots, artwork, or promotion of any brand, product or service.
User-submitted content that is posted to the DrugsNot4Me Web site will be clearly identified as such and does not necessarily represent the views of the Health Canada or the Government of Canada.
Retention and disclosure of user submissions
In accordance with the Privacy Act of Canada any identifiable information collected for the purpose of this Web site will only be used for the purposes for which it was collected. In providing such information, participants or their parent/guardian do consent to the use of such information as set out on the Web site.
Copyright / ownership of user-submitted content
Any person submitting content to the DrugsNot4Me Web site must certify that he or she is the author.
By submitting content to the DrugsNot4Me Web site users automatically grant (or warrant that the owner of the content expressly grants) the Government of Canada a world-wide, perpetual, royalty-free, irrevocable and non-exclusive right and license to use, copy, transmit, communicate, and/or publicly display the content on the DrugsNot4Me Web site. In addition, you warrant that all "moral rights" in such materials have been waived. Users also agree that Health Canada may edit the content as it deems appropriate.
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Disclaimer
Some of the hyperlinks provided are to sites of organizations or other entities that are not subject to the Official Languages Act. The material found there is therefore in the language(s) used by the sites in question.
Health Canada is not responsible for the information found on external Web sites. Hyperlinks are provided solely as a convenience to you and do not imply official approval or endorsement of the sites, the host organizations or their sponsors. When activating these links, you will be leaving the Health Canada Web site.
Some of the information in the Words of Wisdom section has been provided by external sources. Although every effort has been made to ensure the accuracy, currency and reliability of the content, Health Canada does not make any guarantee in that regard.
The stories in the Share your Story section are provided by sources that are not subject to the Official Languages Act, and they are therefore in the language used by the source in question.