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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Leading an innovative multidisciplinary program of research, monitoring, evaluation and quality improvement activities to guide health system improvements in the area of substance use.
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BC Centre on Substance Use statement on City of Vancouver decriminalization submission
May 11, 2021
Read moreThe BC Centre on Substance Use has signed onto an open letter in response to the City of Vancouver’s proposed submission to Health Canada on
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Cheyenne Johnson appointed Executive Director at BC Centre on Substance Use
April 19, 2021
Read moreCheyenne Johnson has been appointed Executive Director of the BC Centre on Substance Use (BCCSU). Ms. Johnson was selected following a recruitment process led by
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New resources to support pregnant people who use substances
March 9, 2021
Read moreNew clinical resources are available to better support British Columbians during pregnancy, while reducing harms related to substance use. The British Columbia Centre on Substance
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RNs begin prescribing addiction treatment medications, a Canadian first
February 8, 2021
Read moreThe first cohort of registered nurses (RNs) is on track to begin prescribing medications for treatment of opioid use disorder, as part of B.C.’s leading-edge
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First-of-its-kind national guideline to support people with alcohol use disorder
January 29, 2021
Read moreNew national resources to give clinicians the tools they need to better prevent, treat, and reduce harms from alcohol use disorder in Canada will soon
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Mok J, Milloy MJ, Grant C, Lake S, DeBeck K, Hayashi K, Socías ME Use of cannabis for harm reduction among people at high risk for overdose in Vancouver, Canada (2016-2018) Am J Public Health PubMed
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Imtiaz S, Hayashi K, Nolan S An innovative acute care based intervention to address the opioid crisis in a Canadian setting Drug Alcohol Rev PubMed
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Richardson L, Laing A, Choi J, Nosova E, Milloy MJ, Marshall B, Singer J, Wood E, Kerr T Effect of alternative income assistance schedules on drug use and drug-related harm: a randomised controlled trial Lancet Public Health PubMed
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McNeil R, Fleming T, Collins A, Czechaczek S, Mayer S, Boyd J Navigating post-eviction drug use amidst a changing drug supply: a spatially-oriented qualitative study of overlapping housing and overdose crises in Vancouver, Canada Drug Alcohol Depend PubMed
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Ti L, Tobias S, Maghsoudi N, Milloy MJ, McDonald K, Shapiro A, Beriault D, Stefan C, Lysyshyn M, Werb D Detection of synthetic cannabinoid adulteration in the unregulated drug supply in three Canadian settings Drug Alcohol Rev PubMed
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