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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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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New provincial training program for BC health care providers aims to improve care for those with alcohol use disorder
August 17, 2020
Read moreA new free, virtual training series for BC health care providers aimed at improving knowledge, skills and competencies in managing alcohol use disorder launches this
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BCCSU statement on decriminalization of people who use drugs
July 9, 2020
Read moreThe BCCSU supports the call for the decriminalization of people who use drugs. Dr. Bonnie Henry’s 2019 report, “Stopping the Harm,” detailed how the war
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Lake S, St. Pierre M The relationship between cannabis use and patient outcomes in medication-based treatment of opioid use disorder: a systematic review Clin Psychol Rev PubMed
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MacKinnon L, Socías ME, Bardwell G COVID-19 and overdose prevention: challenges and opportunities for clinical practice in housing settings J Subst Abuse Treat PubMed
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Bach P, Garrod E, Robinson K, Fairbairn N An acute care contingency management program for the treatment of stimulant use disorder: a case report J Addict Med PubMed
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Betsos A, Valleriani J, Boyd J, Bardwell G, Kerr T, McNeil R "I couldn't live with killing one of my friends or anybody": A rapid ethnographic study of drug sellers' use of drug checking Int J Drug Policy PubMed
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Collins AB, McNeil R, Czechaczek S, Boyd J "That’s what I’m supposed to do at work": gendered labor, self-care, and overdose risk among women who use drugs in Vancouver, Canada Crit Public Health Link
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