The latest news articles featuring BC Centre on Substance Use.
B.C. overdose deaths drop in June, more than 100 still dying each month
August 02, 2018 | Canadian Press
The latest overdose statistics in British Columbia show a dip in the number of suspected illicit drug deaths in June compared with the same month a year earlier, but the death toll remains high. More than 100 British Columbians are dying of overdoses each month, or more than three people every day, ...
Peer-led overdose response program highlights need for better housing supports, says report
August 02, 2018 | StarMetro Vancouver
A program to train tenants of the Downtown Eastside’s single-room occupancy (SRO) hotels in emergency overdose response highlights the need for greater investments in both peer-led intervention and in social assistance and housing policy reform, according to research from the British Columbia Cent...
B.C. pilot project into overdose response finds heightened sense of community and empowerment
August 02, 2018 | The Globe & Mail
In her single-room occupancy hotel on Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside, Samantha Pranteau said the calls for naloxone seemed constant. As fentanyl poisoned the city’s heroin trade and overdoses mounted, she said she would hear someone shouting for the life-saving drug “daily, weekly.” “There ...
Free drug testing offered at Vancouver Pride Festival
August 02, 2018 | CTV News
The Vancouver Pride Festival draws thousands of people all over the world, both to take in the annual parade and to enjoy the nightlife. Recreational drugs are sometimes a part of that nightlife, but in a city where the opioid crisis is constantly claiming new victims, health officials are urging us...
Overdose intervention project shows Vancouver needs more social housing: researcher
August 02, 2018 | News 1130
VANCOUVER (NEWS 1130) – A new study is shining a different light on single room occupancy hotels in Vancouver when it comes to overdoses. Researchers say the city needs to invest in more SROs and other low-income housing options in order to ensure more people receive the overdose interventions the...
