The latest news articles featuring BC Centre on Substance Use.
The common pill that’s killing in the shadow of the opioid crisis
January 07, 2019 | CBC News (Nova Scotia)
To this day, Wendy Golden has no idea why her son Kody Cook chose to swallow what he did on June 24, 2014. Sure, he smoked weed and liked his Budweiser, but the medical examiner’s report would later classify him as a “naive” user. In other words, he was hardly an addict. That night, around 11 ...
After national legalization of marijuana, Canadian agency studies human waste for more details
January 03, 2019 | MultiBriefs Exclusive
Marijuana became legal in Canada in October 2018. Like many states in the U.S., government officials are struggling with how to manage, measure and understand both legal and illegal use of cannabis. This is where the study of human excrement comes in…...
Program aims to help addicts ‘exit the street market’ using opioid substitute
December 28, 2018 | CTV News Vancouver
Almost three years into a public health emergency that has seen thousands die from a poisoned drug supply, a Vancouver agency is trying a new solution: giving patients a clean version of the drugs they normally buy on the street. The Portland Hotel Society will offer about 50 patients the opioid hyd...
Vancouver councillors consider ways to address opioid and housing crises
December 27, 2018 | Georgia Straight
As local politicians prepared for their Christmas break, NPA councillor Rebecca Bligh told the Georgia Straight that there would be one piece of business on her mind over the break: the overdose crisis. “We’ve just spent the morning looking at and considering the report by the Mayor’s Emerge...
Can Methadone Lower Viral Loads?
December 26, 2018 | HivPlusMag.com
Opioid addiction is an ugly beast. Addicts will go to great lengths in search of the blissful release of dopamine. With access to prescription drugs like fentanyl (which is 100 times more potent than morphine), overdoses are becoming depressingly common. And getting off opioids is no cake walk. Phys...
