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 releases new provincial guidelines for operating supervised consumption services
August 11, 2017
Read moreGuidelines provide recommendations and best practices for the establishment and operation of supervised consumption services Vancouver, BC [August 11, 2017] — The BC Centre on
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BC Centre of Substance Use researcher awarded CIHR Foundation Grant
August 8, 2017
Read moreLindsey Richardson will investigate strategies to reduce health harms and illicit drug use of vulnerable and marginalized drug users Vancouver, BC [August 8, 2017] –
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BC Centre on Substance Use launches new training program for opioid treatment prescribers
August 2, 2017
Read moreThe Provincial Opioid Addiction Treatment Support Program will train health professionals in best practices for prescribing methadone and other opioid agonist treatments Vancouver, BC [August
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Four BCCSU researchers receive Michael Smith Foundation for Health Research Scholar Award
July 18, 2017
Read moreThe Michael Smith Foundation for Health Research (MSFHR) has announced the recipients of their 2017 Scholar Awards. Four BC Centre on Substance Use (BCCSU) researchers
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Evaluation of legal cannabis must be prioritized to protect public health: Researchers
June 19, 2017
Read moreLeading Canadian researchers call on federal government to prioritize research to maximize benefits and mitigate harms of legal cannabis Vancouver, BC [June 19, 2017]—A coalition
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Guise A, McNeil R, Horyniak D, Melo J, Werb D The experience of initiating injection drug use and its social context: A qualitative systematic review and thematic synthesis Addiction. 2017 Jul 22. doi: 10.1111/add.13957 PubMed
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Bardwell G, Kerr T, Scheim A, Mitra S Assessing support for supervised injection services among community stakeholders in London, Canada. Int J Drug Policy PubMed
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Bozinoff N, Small W, DeBeck K, Fast D, Long C Still "at risk": An examination of how street-involved young people understand, experience, and engage with "harm reduction" in Vancouver's inner city. Int J Drug Policy PubMed
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Barker B, Goodman A, DeBeck K Reclaiming Indigenous identities: Culture as strength against suicide among Indigenous youth in Canada. Can J Public Health PubMed
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Karamouzian M, Shoveller J, Dong H, Kerr T, DeBeck K, Gilbert M Perceived Devaluation and STI Testing Uptake among a Cohort of Street-Involved Youth in a Canadian Setting. Arch Sex Behav PubMed
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