The latest news articles featuring BC Centre on Substance Use.
Le fentanyl est généralisé à Vancouver
August 01, 2018 | Agence QMI
Environ 90 % des opioïdes vendus dans la rue à Vancouver contenaient du fentanyl, selon une nouvelle étude de la Colombie-Britannique. Présentée mardi par le BC Centre on Substance Use, ce projet-pilote de six mois qui consistait à tester la drogue dans deux sites d’injection supervisée mon...
Can Weed Help You Sleep Better? The Truth About How Cannabis Affects Your Health
August 01, 2018 | Chatelaine
There’s a major lack of conclusive research on how cannabis actually affects the body, which has led to over-the-top claims, both pro and con. We asked experts to help clear the air....
Poisoned Drugs In British Columbia Behind The Recent 130 Overdoses In One Day Across The Province
August 01, 2018 | Health Thoroughfare
Recently, hospitals reported a record spike in overdoses across British Columbia in one day, which raised a lot of concerns among health authorities and province’s officials. Now, the BC Emergency Health Services believe that supply of poisoned drugs is behind the recent 130 overdoses in just one...
Nearly all drugs sold as heroin in Vancouver contain fentanyl, study finds
August 01, 2018 | The Globe and Mail
More than 80 per cent of drugs sold as heroin on the streets of Vancouver don’t contain any heroin at all, while nearly all of them contain the powerful synthetic opioid fentanyl, according to the findings of a pilot project led by the B.C. Centre on Substance Use (BCCSU). The centre gave local us...
Controlling dosages of drugs like THC is key to the experience of cannabis consumption, says Canadian company
July 31, 2018 | StarMetro Vancouver
With cannabis legalization just around the corner, one Canadian company is calling for the inclusion of cannabis concentrates in Bill C-45, the so-called “Cannabis Act.” Josh Campbell, president of cannabis company Dosist Canada, says in omitting concentrates from legalization, consumers are bei...
