The latest news articles featuring BC Centre on Substance Use.
Medicinal cannabis use can help mitigate symptoms of PTSD, study says
May 31, 2018 | The Globe and Mail
People who have post-traumatic stress disorder but do not medicate with cannabis are far more likely to suffer from severe depression and have suicidal thoughts than those who use marijuana, new national research says. Based on cross-country data from Statistics Canada, the observational study by re...
Innovative Responses to BC’s Opioid Crisis
May 31, 2018 | Vancouver Foundation
No matter how much media attention it receives, the opioid crisis is still too frequently perceived as a problem plaguing the disadvantaged. The British Columbia Centre on Substance Use (BCCSU) is trying to combat this dangerous misconception as it pursues its mission to support the development of a...
Marijuana legalization comes one step closer as Senate committee adds amendments to Bill C-45
May 28, 2018 | Global News
A Senate committee has passed more than two dozen amendments to the federal government’s cannabis legalization bill, including one that would allow provinces and territories to ban home-grown marijuana. But the social affairs committee has refused to accept an amendment that would have prohibited ...
Suboxone recognized as new first line of treatment for opioid substitution therapy
May 24, 2018 | CBC News
Opioid replacement drug works quicker and is safer for patients, stakeholders say Jurisdictions in the United States are now using Suboxone as an alternative to methadone to fight the opioid crisis, and Canadian experts are pushing health-care providers to do the same. Suboxone, like methadone, is a...
Drug-checking machine offered to B.C. music festivals as summer season approaches
May 23, 2018 | Global News
With music festival season around the corner, the BC Centre on Substance Use (BCCSU) is hoping events will step up drug testing. Dr. Kenneth Tupper says the Shambhala Festival in the Kootenays is the first to have signed up to have a Fourier-Transform Infrared Spectrometer (FTIR) on site. It’s the...
