The latest news articles featuring BC Centre on Substance Use.
B.C. sees slight drop in toxic drug deaths, but is it a trend?
October 24, 2024 | CBC News
A shocking number of people continue to die from toxic drugs in British Columbia, although the latest figures from the B.C. Coroners Service suggest the yearly rate may be slowing. Unregulated drug deaths are down eight per cent through the first nine months of 2024, compared to the same time period...
More opioid users stuck with methadone than gold-standard alternative, finds B.C. study
October 21, 2024 | Burnaby Now
A B.C. study tracking more than 30,000 drug users over a decade has found patients prescribed the synthetic opioid methadone were up to 40 per cent more likely to stick to the treatment compared to the alternative front-line medication. The study, published in the Journal of the American Medical A...
B.C. advocate in Thunder Bay shares 30-year survival story as Ont. set to shut many safe consumption sites
October 18, 2024 | CBC Lite
Guy Felicella says he was stuck in a cycle of addiction, homelessness and crime for more than 30 years, but accessing harm reduction support in Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside kept him alive long enough to reach recovery. Felicella travelled to northwestern Ontario this week to share his story a...
Involuntary addictions treatment: Here’s what experts want you to know before you vote
October 16, 2024 | The Discourse
Last month, The Discourse asked readers in the Cowichan Valley, Nanaimo and Comox Valley what they wanted local MLA candidates to address in the lead up to the B.C. election on Oct. 19. More than 350 readers responded to the survey. When asked what issues candidates should tackle, 69 per cent select...
How Overdose Prevention Centers Became Political Scapegoats
October 14, 2024 | Think Global Health
Late in 2021, San Francisco Mayor London Breed declared a state of emergency in the city’s Tenderloin district to enable a quick and coordinated response to the opioid overdose crisis—driven mostly by fentanyl—that was killing more than two people a day. The Tenderloin Center opened in ...
