The latest news articles featuring BC Centre on Substance Use.
Family doctors should begin screening patients for alcohol addiction at age 12, B.C. guideline says
December 18, 2019 | CBC News - BC
Family doctors in British Columbia are being urged to annually screen every patient starting at age 12, in a move to prevent alcohol addiction, a leading cause of social and economic harms. The guideline developed by the BC Centre on Substance Use and endorsed by the province encourages primary-...
Daphne Bramham: More oversight and enforcement needed at addictions recovery houses
December 12, 2019 | Vancouver Sun
If ever there were a need for more harm reduction, it’s at the registered and unregistered, licensed and unlicensed addictions recovery houses in British Columbia run by operators who have no regard for residents’ health or safety. Within the last year, five people have died in provincially regi...
Illicit-drug fatalities on the decline in B.C., but overdoses in general are not
December 05, 2019 | Globe and Mail
British Columbia’s annual death toll from overdoses is poised to decline for the first time since the province’s public-health emergency began – but non-fatal overdoses show no signs of abating and health officials say the crisis is far from over. At least 69 people died from illicit-drug over...
World AIDS Day: PrEP is making a difference in the lives of GBT2Q men in B.C., but are we leaving other groups behind?
November 29, 2019 | Georgia Straight
As another World AIDS Day approaches (December 1), we in British Columbia have lots of successes upon which to reflect. This year, Vancouver has seen some of the lowest numbers of new HIV cases—due, in part, to the uptake of pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) by thousands of people across the provinc...
Daphne Bramham: Time for a serious debate about how to deal with the opioid crisis
November 29, 2019 | Vancouver Sun
Now that the federal election is over, it’s time for a serious discussion about how to deal with Canada’s opioid overdose crisis. This is a wicked problem — complex and multi-layered with no simple solutions. But debates about how to address it are muddied with emotive words and euphemism. It...
