The latest news articles featuring BC Centre on Substance Use.
What you should know about benzos before you take them
March 30, 2025 | CBC Radio
Within 10 minutes of disclosing his sleepless nights to his family doctor, Georges Marcoux had a little white pill in his hand. His doctor in Shediac, N.B., prescribed him a sleeping pill, Oxazepam, which gave him relief for a few weeks. “I got the prescription, and that’s it. Nobody was...
Opinion: Living and dying through B.C.’s overdose crisis
March 28, 2025 | Globe and Mail
When my father died from an accidental drug overdose in 2017, I immediately picked up my camera to help me process what I was experiencing. His death gave my photography practice a specific urgency – it became essential to create in order to grieve and to survive that grief. My father was one of m...
Overdose Deaths Decline in Some Areas of British Columbia
March 26, 2025 | Medscape
Fewer people are dying from drug overdoses in British Columbia (BC), although this decline has not taken place in every part of the province. According to the BC Coroners Service, 152 overdose deaths were reported in January, making it the fourth consecutive month in which the number of overdose dea...
Health care and the Canadian election: What experts are hoping to hear
March 24, 2025 | Healthy Debate
While economic uncertainty amidst yo-yoing threats from the United States overshadows all other issues in the coming election, Canadian health-care leaders will be listening closely to what our federal politicians have to say on the campaign trail. Just a matter of months ago, Conservative leader ...
B.C. failing most vulnerable amid toxic drug crisis, critics say: ‘It’s heart-wrenching’
March 24, 2025 | Global News
The painful toll of the province’s homelessness crisis is on full display just steps away from the Law Courts in Vancouver, where a man has been hovering over a small steam grate on the sidewalk for weeks. During Sunday’s pouring rain storm, the man was wrapped in soaking wet blankets while tr...
