The latest news articles featuring BC Centre on Substance Use.
B.C. quietly allowing some methadone patients to revert to previous treatment amid relapses, overdoses
November 01, 2019 | Globe and Mail
British Columbia is quietly allowing some methadone users to switch back to an old formulation of the treatment five years after a new version it had adopted led to relapses and overdoses for some patients. The province switched to the new formulation, called Methadose, in February, 2014, saying it ...
Brain injuries are Vancouver’s overdose crisis’s dark and hidden legacy
October 30, 2019 | CBC Radio - The Early Edition
Story producer Jodie Martinson speaks with St. Vincent’s Langara’s manager of neuropsychiatry Malcolm Jenkins followed by Stephen Quinn’s conversation with a Clinical Researcher with the BC Centre on Substance Use Dr. Keith Ahamad....
Public Drug Testing Sites Are Helping Dealers Prevent Overdoses
October 30, 2019 | VICE
Street-level dealers in Vancouver are accessing free drug checking services at overdose prevention sites around the city. In doing so, they’re keeping folks in their community—their clients—safe. James*, a dealer and user who accesses testing services at an overdose prevention site in Surrey...
No single path to recovery: Centre on Substance Use says residents misinterpreting report
October 23, 2019 | Castanet
Addiction and recovery experts from the BC Centre on Substance Use say Rutland residents opposed to supportive housing in their part of Kelowna are misinterpreting data about the effectiveness of such projects. Supportive housing to get people off the streets and help drug users kick their addictio...
OPINION: Charting a new course out of the overdose crisis in B.C.
October 19, 2019 | Victoria News
It has been more than three years since B.C. declared a public health emergency due to the growing number of drug overdose deaths in the province. Recently, the tremendous efforts of the affected community, health care providers, and first responders have contributed to a decline in overdose deaths....
