The latest news articles featuring BC Centre on Substance Use.
St. Paul’s Foundation Donors Support MSFHR Scholars Conducting Drug And Addiction Research
July 23, 2018 | Michale Smith Foundation for Health Research
As part of MSFHR’s commitment to fostering world-class health research in BC, and optimizing investments in health research, we provide opportunities for organizations to co-fund exceptional BC researchers applying for MSFHR funding. With MSFHR and partner organizations matching funding dollar-for...
Parents call for recovery schools to help teens with addiction issues
July 22, 2018 | Canadian Press
Parents whose children started using drugs as teens and struggled through addiction to the point of fatally overdosing say recovery high schools that provide professional support for students could save lives. Their calls for change are being supported by the BC Centre on Substance Use, the Canadian...
Kamloops gets $100,000 to help address opioid crisis
July 20, 2018 | Kamloops This Week
Money the City of Kamloops will be getting from the provincial government’s new community overdose crisis innovation fund will go toward real initiatives and projects to address the opioid crisis in Kamloops. Natalie Serl, the city’s acting community and social development supervisor, said some ...
This teen is winning his battle with drug addiction, but too many other B.C. youth not protected
July 20, 2018 | Vancouver Sun
Cade Hansen battled drugs while in high school, and is now clean with just a few credits left before graduating. He can now pursue his dream of being a music producer, but only because he found the help he needed at a young age. A mother who lost a son to addiction says not enough was done to save h...
This teen is winning his battle with drug addiction, but too many other B.C. youth not protected
July 20, 2018 | Vancouver Sun
Eighteen-year-old Cade Hansen’s love for music inspired his roles in the theatre as a youth, his performances in choirs and bands as a teen, and his plan to study music production after finishing high school. Along the engaging young man’s musical path, though, were detours caused by his struggl...
