The latest news articles featuring BC Centre on Substance Use.
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...
Planetary Pride CEO Speaks to Upcoming Resolution to Ban Retail Cannabis Sites
June 08, 2018 | Sault Online
Planetary Pride and SWW Farms CEO Rob Waddell released a statement to SaultOnline in response to the upcoming resolution (to be discussed at council on June 11th) put forth by Councillors Myers and Hollingsworth which seeks to ban retail cannabis stores in the Sault. The statement reads as follows, ...
Downtown Eastside cannabis harm-reduction provider will close after Vancouver denies permit
June 08, 2018 | The Star
VANCOUVER—A Downtown Eastside medicinal cannabis society that runs an opioid substitution program will shut its doors at the end of June because of bylaws restricting where and how dispensaries can operate. Denise Brennan, opiate study program co-ordinator with Eden Medicinal Society, said after s...
Study: No reason to expect more accidents after marijuana is legalized
June 08, 2018 | Global News
Dr. M-J Milloy, Research Scientist with the British Columbia Centre in Substance Use, Associate Professor at the University of BC, joined The Exchange with Matt Gurney to talk about the public health study....
Perspectives on the opioid crisis
June 08, 2018 | Dalhousie University
More than ever, Canadians are turning their attention towards the impact of opioids on their communities. Labelled a “crisis” in the media, and by the Government of Canada, there has been a dramatic rise in the number of overdoses and deaths through opioid painkillers like fentanyl and oxycodone...
