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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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New Canadian recommendations aim to redefine how health professionals talk to their patients about alcohol
May 4, 2026
Read moreUpdated Canadian recommendations published in the Canadian Medical Association Journal (CMAJ) and funded by the Canadian Institutes of Health Research aim to totally reconfigure how
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Dr. Kora DeBeck recipient of two prestigious research awards
March 26, 2024
Read moreDr. Kora DeBeck, a research scientist with the BC Centre on Substance Use (BCCSU) and a Distinguished Associate Professor at Simon Fraser University’s School of
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BCCSU welcomes Dr. Sharon Vipler as Acting Executive Director
January 9, 2024
Read moreDr. Sharon Vipler has been appointed Acting Executive Director of the BC Centre on Substance Use (BCCSU). Dr. Vipler will serve in this role while
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First-of-its-kind, seamless addictions care available in Vancouver
December 4, 2023
Read moreRepublished from BC Government News People with addiction challenges are getting better, seamless treatment and recovery care through the new Road to Recovery initiative at
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New resources to help people with opioid use disorder
November 22, 2023
Read moreBC clinicians have newly updated clinical guidance to help deliver care for people living with opioid use disorder. The updated provincial Guideline for the Clinical
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Wong A, Nolan S, Bach P, Janssen RM, De Wolfe TJ, Dickhout P, Beauchesne R, Yang F, Johnson C, Carter A, Nosyk B, Dennis BB Use of benzodiazepines and medications for opioid use disorder for withdrawal management in a hospital-based setting for individuals exposed to benzodiazepine-contaminated fentanyl: a case series Drug Alcohol Depend Rep PubMed
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Kelsall TS, Mullins G, Dempsey H; BC Association of People on Opioid Maintenance Board of Directors; McNeil R, Kerr T A qualitative study of the impacts of a government crackdown against revenue sharing between pharmacies and patients in Vancouver, Canada Discov Public Health PubMed
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Jaffe K, Jutras-Aswad D, Spector-Bagdady K, Richardson L Uncovered, underfunded, and undervalued: how policy contexts shape knowledge production in multi-site substance use trials Int J Drug Policy PubMed
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Kelsall TS, Shane C, Speed KA, McDermid J, Rufus-Sedgemore K, Moen K, Henry P, Boyd J, Marsh S, P.O.W.E.R., Beatrice M, Kerr T, Hayashi K Confiscations, public health obstructions, and perpetual displacement: experiences and perspectives on urban law enforcement practices during a period of "recriminalization" among people who use criminalized drugs Int J Drug Policy PubMed
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Tobias S, Bird J, Guzman SM, Palis H, Crabtree A, Hein JE, Wood E, Ti L Temporal and regional associations between fentanyl concentrations in the unregulated drug supply and drug-related mortality in British Columbia, Canada Int J Drug Policy PubMed
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