The latest news articles featuring BC Centre on Substance Use.
How and why people ‘microdose’ tiny hits of psychedelic drugs
August 04, 2018 | CBC News
Illegal, underground and said to be brimming with health benefits — the practice of microdosing psychedelic drugs is growing increasingly popular, yet it remains relatively unstudied and its reported benefits unproven. A group of Canadian researchers is hoping to change that with new data that b...
Less than 40% of Vancouver street drugs contain their expected substance
August 03, 2018 | Daily Hive
The majority of street drugs tested in Vancouver don’t contain the substance people thought they’d purchased, according to results of a drug checking pilot study. The pilot study was implemented in November 2017 and over the first six months of the study, researchers tested 1,714 substances, fin...
Vancouver Pride celebration to offer anonymous drug checks
August 03, 2018 | CBC News
For the first time, those planning to use street drugs at Vancouver’s Pride celebration can anonymously screen them for dangerous substances like fentanyl. As Pride weekend kicks off Friday evening, a drug checking machine called a spectrometer will be available to the public between 6 p.m. an...
Overdose intervention project shows Vancouver needs more social housing: researcher
August 02, 2018 | News1130
A new study is shining a different light on single room occupancy hotels in Vancouver when it comes to overdoses. Researchers say the city needs to invest in more SROs and other low-income housing options in order to ensure more people receive the overdose interventions they need....
B.C. overdose deaths drop in June, more than 100 still dying each month
August 02, 2018 | Canadian Press
The latest overdose statistics in British Columbia show a dip in the number of suspected illicit drug deaths in June compared with the same month a year earlier, but the death toll remains high. More than 100 British Columbians are dying of overdoses each month, or more than three people every day, ...
