The latest news articles featuring BC Centre on Substance Use.
Fight for safe supply of drugs is ‘this generation’s Insite,’ advocates say
September 14, 2019 | CBC News (BC)
Two long-time activists see significant similarities between the current fight for a safe supply of drugs and the fight for Insite, Vancouver’s — and North America’s — first legal supervised consumption site. In the midst of an opioid epidemic that has claimed the lives of more than ...
Mitigating opioids’ harm
September 11, 2019 | Nature
Haven Wheelock carries a dose of naloxone everywhere she goes. She calls it a “magical medication” with the power to bring people back from the brink of death. Wheelock runs a syringe-exchange programme for Outside In, a non-profit organization that provides medical care and other services for l...
Vancouver doctor says he will dispense opioids through Downtown Eastside vending machine
September 11, 2019 | Global News BC
VANCOUVER – A doctor with an expertise in public health says he will soon be dispensing opioids through a vending machine in Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside in order to prevent overdoses from fentanyl-laced street drugs. Dr. Mark Tyndall said the machine that’s been created in Toronto would sc...
CBD oil is seen as a magic elixir — but the jury is still out on its medical effectiveness
September 06, 2019 | CBC Radio
Cannabidiol, better known as CBD, has been touted as a treatment for everything from insomnia to aches and pains. CBD is one of the hundreds of chemical substances called cannabinoids derived from cannabis plants. However, it does not produce the same psychoactive effects as its sister compou...
Pot Professor Studies Cannabis for Opioid Addiction as Major Drugmakers Face Lawsuits
September 05, 2019 | Mugglehead
While pharmaceutical giants are being forced in the U.S. to hand over millions of dollars for their role in fueling the opioid crisis, Canada’s first-ever pot professor is leading clinical trials to explore how cannabis might help people fighting opioid addiction. In late August, an Oklahoma judge...
