The latest news articles featuring BC Centre on Substance Use.
Lindsey Richardson: Can staggering income-assistance cheques reduce overdose risk?
June 18, 2018 | Vancouver Sun
Earlier this month the B.C. Coroners Service released its latest report on overdose deaths in the province. Once again, the number of people who died as a result of an overdose is staggering — 124 in April, a figure that has tragically become the norm in the two years since the provincial public-h...
UBC introduces Canada’s first professorship of cannabis science
June 18, 2018 | The Ubysey
UBC is introducing Canada’s first ever professorship of cannabis science to investigate the potential role that pot-based research could play in the mitigation of the opioid crisis and other addictive disorders. The two-year position is being created in partnership with the BC Centre on Substance ...
B.C. agency releases first guidelines on treating youth with opioid-use disorder
June 13, 2018 | The Globe and Mail
The agency that oversees treatment of substance use and addiction in British Columbia has released new guidelines for treating young people with opioid-use disorder, emphasizing a range of pharmaceutical and counselling options and cautioning against traditional approaches such as detox alone. The c...
Challenges treating opioid-addicted B.C. youth prompt new guidelines
June 13, 2018 | CBC News
Special attention given to treatment of older teens about to age out of youth care New guidelines aimed at improving treatment for opioid-addicted young people have been released by the British Columbia Centre on Substance Use. A news release from the centre says treatment for youth must be developm...
Complexities treating opioid addicted B.C. youth prompt new guidelines
June 13, 2018 | Times Colonist
VANCOUVER — New guidelines aimed at improving treatment for opioid-addicted young people have been released by the British Columbia Centre on Substance Use, which says a lack of youth-focused treatment programs has created challenges in the province with the highest number of fatal overdoses. Rach...
