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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Professorship to advance addiction medicine in BC announced in honour of Philip Owen’s legacy
January 15, 2021
Read moreClosing the evidence-to-practice gap to strengthen the addiction treatment system in BC so patients can get the care they need will be the focus of
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Cannabis could reduce fentanyl use, reduce overdose risk: study
December 17, 2020
Read moreNew research suggests that cannabis use by people in care for opioid addiction might improve their treatment outcomes and reduce their risk of being exposed
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BCCSU statement on plan to decriminalize simple possession of drugs in Vancouver
November 18, 2020
Read moreThe BC Centre on Substance Us strongly supports the motion before City Council to apply for a section 56 exemption to the Controlled Drugs and
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New podcast on addiction medicine launched to support the province’s primary care providers
September 22, 2020
Read moreThe BC Centre on Substance Use (BCCSU) has launched the first series of Addiction Practice Pod, a podcast focusing on addiction and substance use care
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Research: Youth often use cannabis as harm reduction, may help stop injection drug use
August 20, 2020
Read moreNew research is shedding light on how cannabis use among some young people may be an important way to reduce the harms of other substance
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People with Lived Expertise of Drug Use National Working Group, Austin T, Boyd J Having a voice and saving lives: a qualitative survey on employment impacts of people with lived experience of drug use working in harm reduction Harm Reduct J PubMed
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Tobias S, Shapiro A, Grant C, Patel P, Lysyshyn M, Ti L Drug checking identifies counterfeit alprazolam tablets Drug Alcohol Depend PubMed
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Olding M, Boyd J, Kerr T, McNeil R "And we just have to keep going": Task shifting and the production of burnout among overdose response workers with lived experience Soc Sci Med Link
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Mohd Salleh NA, Voon P, Karamouzian M, Milloy MJ, Richardson L Methadone maintenance therapy service components linked to improvements in HIV care cascade outcomes: a systematic review of trials and observational studies Drug Alcohol Depend PubMed
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Mitra S, Lee W, Hayashi K, Boyd J, Milloy MJ, Dong H, Wood E, Kerr T A gender comparative analysis of post-traumatic stress disorder among a community-based cohort of people who use drugs in Vancouver, Canada Addict Behav Link
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