The latest news articles featuring BC Centre on Substance Use.
Why cannabis vape pens and concentrates will not be allowed for recreational marijuana
August 13, 2018 | CBC News
Cannabis vape pens can be found in several dispensaries across Vancouver. But after Oct.17, cannabis concentrates and vape pens will not be allowed for recreational marijuana. Vape pens allow cannabis users to ingest concentrated extracts from the cannabis plant. Cannabis concentrates usually consis...
Peer support workers on front lines of overdose crisis need support too, experts say
August 12, 2018 | Canadian Press
Trey Helten has known almost every one of the 50 or so people he has treated for overdoses on Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside since February. As a former heroin and methamphetamine user who lived in the neighbourhood for three years before getting clean and returning “to do something positive,” ...
Peer support workers on front lines of overdose crisis need support too, experts say
August 12, 2018 | The Globe and Mail
rey Helten has known almost every one of the 50 or so people he has treated for overdoses on Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside since February. As a former heroin and methamphetamine user who lived in the neighbourhood for three years before getting clean and returning “to do something positive,” h...
Why cannabis vape pens and concentrates are illegal
August 10, 2018 | CBC On The Coast
On the Coast’s Greenlit columnist Rohit Joseph tells host Gloria Macarenko why vape pens and cannabis concentrates will not be allowed come October 17....
Tories: London’s supervised drug-use site can continue operating
August 10, 2018 | The London Free Press
On the campaign trail, Doug Ford said he was “dead against” the kind of supervised drug-use sites that London and other Ontario cities are turning to amid a deadly opioid drug crisis sweeping their streets. Thursday, with time running out to keep London’s temporary drug overdose-prevention sit...
