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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Shoppers Drug Mart steps up with UBC, BCCSU to improve addiction treatment and care
June 10, 2021
Read moreShoppers Drug Mart Inc (“Shoppers Drug Mart”) is stepping up to improve addiction treatment and care for all Canadians by supporting pharmacist training and education
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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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Goodyear T, Robinson S, Jenkins E, Gagnon M, Mitchell K, Knight R Involuntary stabilization care of youth who overdose: a call for evidence- and ethics-informed substance use policy Can J Public Health PubMed
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Reddon H, Milloy MJ, Wood E, Nosova E, Kerr T, DeBeck K High-intensity cannabis use and hospitalization: a prospective cohort study of street-involved youth in Vancouver, Canada Harm Reduct J PubMed
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Lyons T, Krüsi A, Edgar E, Machat S, Kerr T, Shannon K The impacts of intersecting stigmas on health and housing experiences of queer women sex workers in Vancouver, Canada J Homosex PubMed
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Tobias S, Grant C, Laing R, Arredondo J, Lysyshyn M, Buxton J, Tupper K, Wood E, Ti L Time-series analysis of fentanyl concentration in the unregulated opioid drug supply in a Canadian setting Am J Epidemiol PubMed
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Mong J, Ahamad K, Bach P Anticraving medication for moderate to severe alcohol use disorder CMAJ PubMed
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