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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Report: Youth voices on substance use provide recommendations to care providers in BC
December 8, 2022
Read moreYoung people who use substances, particularly those experiencing homelessness, face unique challenges accessing services and need tailored care, according to a new report. More than
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Patients may be at higher risk of overdose when opioid therapy for pain is discontinued
December 1, 2022
Read moreStudy suggests enhanced guidance for opioid prescribing needed to manage pain, reduce risk of overdose Discontinuing opioids prescribed for chronic pain was associated with increased
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Access to safer supply prescribing rapidly increased during COVID-19: Study
June 16, 2022
Read moreThe number of programs and prescribers offering safer supply to reduce risk of overdose increased dramatically during COVID-19, according to a study looking at services
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Take-home fentanyl test strips prove useful as low-barrier drug checking approach
June 8, 2022
Read moreA research study conducted by Vancouver Coastal Health (VCH), BC Centre on Substance Use (BCCSU), BC Centre for Disease Control (BCCDC), Interior Health (IH) and
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Risks of contaminated Vancouver drug supply heightened during pandemic: Study
May 11, 2022
Read moreMore than a third of people who use drugs in Vancouver, Canada reported a decline in the quality of drugs during the COVID-19 pandemic, according
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Argento E, Shannon K, Fairbairn N, Moreheart S, Braschel M, Goldenberg S Increasing trends and incidence of nonfatal overdose among women sex workers who use drugs in British Columbia: the role of criminalization-related barriers to harm reduction Drug Alcohol Depend PubMed
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Coulaud Pj, Salway T, Jesson J, Bolduc N, Ferlatte O, Bertrand K, Desgrées du Loû A, Jenkins E, Jauffret-Roustide M, Knight R Moderation of the association between COVID-19-related income loss and depression by receipt of financial support: repeated cross-sectional surveys of young adults in Canada and France (2020-2021) SSM Popul Health PubMed
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Bach P, Ti L, Hayashi K, Cui Z, Milloy MJ, Fairbairn N Trends in cocaine and crystal methamphetamine injection over time in a Canadian setting between 2008 and 2018 J Subst Use Addict Treat PubMed
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Mayer S, Langheimer V, Nolan S, Boyd J, Small W, McNeil R Emergency department experiences of people who use drugs who left or were discharged from hospital against medical advice PLoS One PubMed
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van Draanen J, Jamula R, Karamouzian M, Mitra S, Richardson L Pathways connecting socioeconomic marginalization and overdose: a qualitative narrative synthesis Int J Drug Policy PubMed
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Contact usThe BC Centre on Substance Use is located on the unceded traditional territories of xʷməθkwəy̓əm (Musqueam), Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish), and səl̓ílwətaɬ (Tsleil-Waututh) Nations.