The latest news articles featuring BC Centre on Substance Use.
Canada Might Have Found a Back Door to End the War on Drugs
August 19, 2019 | VICE
Every Tuesday afternoon at 4:45 p.m., Melody Cooper’s siblings and mother meet for bingo at Our Lady of Sorrows, a Catholic school in East Vancouver. Cooper, 44, smiled and spoke warmly of the tradition. But she said her heroin addiction—something she’d struggled with for 17 years—has kept h...
What Halifax can learn from Vancouver as overdose site prepares to open
August 14, 2019 | The Star Halifax
HALIFAX—Nova Scotia may not see the same level of opioid deaths as the west coast, but as Halifax’s overdose site prepares to open this year, Dr. Christy Sutherland of Vancouver says it’s vital to have systems in place before “things shift.” Sutherland is originally from Halifax and got he...
New injectable option offered for chronic opioid addicts in Victoria
August 14, 2019 | Times Colonist
Island Health is trying to address the overdose crisis in Victoria with a new injectable treatment for chronic opioid addiction. Injectable Opioid Agonist Treatment, referred to as iOAT, will be offered to residents of Johnson Street Community, a supportive housing facility downtown with capacity fo...
Meth: Why Kamloops addiction specialists are worried about this ‘side’ drug
August 05, 2019 | Kamloops Matters
Opiates have been front and centre in British Columbia for the past few years — with good reason — but they’re hardly the only illicit substance causing havoc on Kamloops streets. “Part of the outcome of the opioid crisis is the legitimate response, I mean all hands are on deck with t...
UBC researchers help find solutions to the overdose crisis
July 30, 2019 | UBC Faculty of Medicine News
M-J Milloy sees firsthand the impact of the overdose crisis in British Columbia. As Canopy Growth Professor of Cannabis Science at the University of British Columbia (UBC) and a research scientist at the BC Centre on Substance Use (BCCSU), Milloy works directly with people who use drugs. He and his ...
