The latest news articles featuring BC Centre on Substance Use.
MDMA-assisted psychotherapy trials to begin final phase in Vancouver
January 21, 2018 | The Globe and Mail
Ed Thompson remembers the helplessness he felt each of the thousands of times his twin daughters would turn blue and go lifeless in his arms. The young girls suffered from acute breath-holding spells, an involuntary condition that causes children to pass out, in their case up to 40 times a day. “H...
MDMA For PTSD Therapy Enters Final Round of Trials, Could Be Approved In U.S. and Canada By 2021
January 21, 2018 | Newsweek
The final round of clinical trials for MDMA assisted psychotherapy is kicking off in Vancouver, leading the way for Canada and the United States to approve the drug for therapeutic use as early as 2021. The third and final phrase of trials gets underway after the Food and Drug Administration (FDA)...
Will supervised injection sites work in Winnipeg? Addictions Foundation says they’re not sure
January 21, 2018 | CBC News
Vancouver expert says benefits of safe injection sites include cost savings, fewer overdose deaths Despite calls from local community activists for supervised, or “safe” injection sites to help prevent overdose deaths and keep needles off the streets, a local addictions expert says he believes...
Illicit drug overdose deaths on rise in North America
January 19, 2018 | BC Local News
Coroner: ‘programs focused on scaring people from using drugs are not effective in saving lives’ The illicit drug overdose crisis has taken more than 2,000 lives in British Columbia since January 2016, and the province is likely to surpass the 1,500 mark for deaths in 2017 alone. Too many valued...
SFU researchers and innovators look into preventing vision loss and decreasing HIV mortality rates
January 17, 2018 | The Peak
SFU engineer develops laser scanner to study eye disease and vision loss SFU engineering scientist Marinko Sarunic has developed a non-invasive high-resolution retinal imaging scanner that could help in eye disease diagnosis before vision loss occurs. The laser scanner can create high-resolution 3D ...
