The latest news articles featuring BC Centre on Substance Use.
A daily dose (or 2): Curious minds turn to CBD to treat range of ailments
January 19, 2019 | CBC News (BC)
With cannabis now legal in Canada, curious minds are seeking out marijuana-based treatments, like CBD — a compound of cannabis — for treating ongoing medical conditions, with some people even using it to wean themselves off prescription medications. A recent U.S. study by a cannabis marketin...
U.S. doctors have a new opioid addiction treatment in their arsenal — it could be here next
January 17, 2019 | CBC News (BC)
It wasn’t until her heroin addiction landed her inside a jail cell that Lauren Biggerstaff decided to make a change in her life. “I really didn’t want to go back there,” said Biggerstaff, a 26-year-old mother who lives outside Philadelphia — a region that’s among the hardest hit by N...
Cannabis Addiction Is a Myth, according to Substance Abuse Expert
January 17, 2019 | Civilized
Canada and several US states have taken a strikingly different approach to drug policy recently by legalizing cannabis, but not everyone is onboard with marijuana reform. An alarming report from the UK’s Centre for Social Justice (CSJ) recently claimed that legalizing recreational marijuana would ...
Legalization sparks boom in once-stigmatized field of marijuana research
January 14, 2019 | CTV News Vancouver
VANCOUVER – Dr. Mark Ware has devoted the past 20 years of his career to studying marijuana, and he can remember some “dark, lean” periods when he had to fight for meagre funding. “There were times when I was told you couldn’t even use ‘cannabis’ and ‘research’ in the same sentence...
UBC Names M-J Milloy as the First Canopy Growth Professor of Cannabis Science
January 09, 2019 | Spectrum Cannabis
UBC has named Dr. M-J Milloy as the inaugural Canopy Growth Professor in Cannabis Science. This professorship will lead clinical trials to explore the use of cannabis for substance use disorders and related conditions, including exploring the role cannabis can play in helping people with opioid use ...
