The latest news articles featuring BC Centre on Substance Use.
Legal pot isn‘t a threat to public health or safety, doctors tell Senate
June 26, 2018 | Richland Standard
VANCOUVER — There‘s little evidence that legalized marijuana poses a threat to public health and safety, and there may be benefits, says a new study from Canadian doctors and researchers. The report, submitted to the Senate this week, outlines the positive and negative impacts legalization has h...
They’ve lost loved ones, now they’re rallying to decriminalize illicit drugs
June 23, 2018 | Times Colonist
More than 200 people gathered on the lawn of the legislature on Saturday to support Moms Stop the Harm, a Canadian network of families and allies who have lost loved ones to drug overdose. The group is calling for action to decriminalize illicit drug use as a solution to the rising rates of overdose...
‘Public health like it’s 1999’: doctors say restrictions on opioid advertising won’t save lives right now
June 22, 2018 | Global News
The federal government unveiled its plans to “severely limit” the advertising of opioids to doctors on Tuesday, the same day that it released numbers showing that nearly 4,000 Canadians died from opioid-related overdoses in 2017, mostly due to fentanyl and fentanyl-related substances. And doctor...
ANKORS offers improved drug checking technology
June 20, 2018 | Nelson Star
The organization has secured an FTIR Fourier Transform Infrared Spectrometer ANKORS has secured the loan of an FTIR Fourier Transform Infrared Spectrometer for one year from the BC Centre for Substance Use (BCCSU). This has allowed us, in partnership with BCCSU and Interior Health, to improve our dr...
Recent figures suggest that nearly 4,000 Canadian dies from opioid overdoses – what do we need to do differently?
June 19, 2018 | 980 CKNW
New government figures show that nearly 4000 Canadians died from apparent opioid overdoses last year, with men the most likely victims and fentanyl the clear culprit. ⅓ of those deaths were in BC. What does BC need to do differently? Guest: Lindsey Richardson – Research Scientist with the BC Cen...
