The latest news articles featuring BC Centre on Substance Use.
Long-term equitable recovery services needed to manage addiction in B.C.: report
July 18, 2018 | Canadian Press
When the daily partying, boozing and cocaine binges following high school left him homeless and living in a tent on Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside, Josh McDearmid believed his life would end there. “I was born into addiction and I thought: ‘This is who I turned out to be and if I die down here,...
Not a ‘lost cause’: Report highlights need for addictions recovery
July 18, 2018 | The Globe & Mail
For too long, Josh McDearmid didn’t realize recovery was an option. By his early 20s, the Cree man was firmly in the grips of a cocaine, cannabis and alcohol addiction, living in a tent city on Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside. He stumbled through life – using, in withdrawal, fighting, in and out...
B.C.’s addictions strategy should focus more on recovery: report
July 18, 2018 | CTV News
A report on best practices for recovery from addiction suggests British Columbia should shift its focus from the current harm reduction strategy. The BC Centre on Substance Use outlined the path to a recovery-oriented system of care that it says is urgently needed. “British Columbia has long s...
‘Recovery high schools,’ per diems urged to better manage addiction in B.C.
July 18, 2018 | The Abbotsford News
BC Centre for Substance Use says focus needs to shift to from overdose prevention to long-term care The BC Centre on Substance Use is recommending ways to improve addiction recovery across B.C. and shift the focus from preventing overdose deaths to comprehensive long-term care. In a report released ...
Prohibiting pot use in rentals could hurt opioid harm reduction efforts in Saskatoon
July 17, 2018 | CBC
Opioid users using medical marijuana as treatment for addiction. No link yet to suggest effectiveness The executive director of AIDS Saskatoon sees his clients using marijuana as a tool to fight a more harmful addiction to opiates. Jason Mercredi said he believes in pot as a harm reduction measure. ...
