The BC Centre on Substance Use is a provincially networked organization with a mandate to develop, help implement, and evaluate evidence-based approaches to substance use and addiction.
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Focus on evidence-based efforts needed to save lives
February 7, 2019
Read moreVICTORIA – The number of British Columbians dying from illicit drug overdoses plateaued in 2018, despite significant efforts from groups around the province to prevent
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First in Canada pilot project at St. Paul’s Hospital ED to provide take-away treatment to opioid overdose patients
February 6, 2019
Read moreA leading-edge pilot project in the St. Paul’s Hospital Emergency Department (ED), in collaboration with the VCH Regional Addiction Program, will provide opioid overdose patients
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“This is the drug war covered by drug users”: New podcast documents the overdose crisis in real time
January 30, 2019
Read moreVancouver – Coast Salish Territory – Crackdown is a new, monthly podcast about drugs, drug policy, and the drug war – produced by people who
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New resources to support BC families impacted by substance use
November 28, 2018
Read moreThousands of families across British Columbia have suffered the loss of a loved one to overdose, and thousands more struggle to support a child or
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Professor of Cannabis Science announced to research the role of cannabis in opioid overdose treatment
November 23, 2018
Read moreExamining the potential of cannabis in addressing the opioid overdose crisis and other substance use disorders is a top priority for Dr. M-J Milloy, a
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Weinstein ZM, Nolan S, Wakeman SE Inpatient Addiction Consult Service: Expertise for Hospitalized Patients with Complex Addiction Problems. Med Clin North Am PubMed
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Scheim AI, Nosova E, Knight R, Hayashi K, Kerr T HIV Incidence Among Men Who Have Sex with Men and Inject Drugs in a Canadian Setting. AIDS Behav PubMed
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Young S, Wood E, Milloy MJ, DeBeck K, Nosova E, Kerr T, Hayashi K, Dobrer S Hepatitis C Cascade of Care among People Who Inject Drugs in Vancouver, Canada. Subst Abus PubMed
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Collins A, Boyd J, McNeil R, Bluthenthal RN Harnessing the language of overdose prevention to advance evidence-based responses to the opioid crisis. Int J Drug Policy PubMed
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Young S, Fairbairn N Expanding supervised injection facilities across Canada: lessons from the Vancouver experience. PubMed
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