The latest news articles featuring BC Centre on Substance Use.
Should Everyone Trip Balls at Least Once in Their Lifetime?: A Scientific Inquiry
January 16, 2018 | Mel Magazine
In recent years, researchers have been hard at work identifying psychedelic drugs — including LSD (acid), MDMA (ecstasy) and psilocybin (magic mushrooms) — as promising therapeutic agents for conditions like alcoholism, PTSD, depression, anxiety and even impending death. Naturally, these...
Fuelled by fentanyl crisis, St. Paul’s unique rapid-treatment centre sees a five-fold increase in visitors in first year
January 13, 2018 | Vancouver Sun
Since the Rapid Access Addiction Centre opened in October 2016 at St. Paul’s, it has served 1,500 patients from many communities and many walks of life. When it opened, it was unique for offering nearly everything in one location for someone struggling with addictions and mental health — doctors...
Ex-B.C. health minister says marijuana may help treat opioid addiction
January 12, 2018 | The Globe and Mail
Terry Lake, the former British Columbia health minister who oversaw the declaration of a public-health emergency amid the deadly fentanyl crisis, is urging more research on the effects of marijuana on opioid addictions. Now a vice-president at a medical cannabis company, Lake said there is prelimina...
How to stop overdoses? Prevent them to begin with
January 11, 2018 | The Conversation
The Public Health Agency of Canada recently released projections that 2017 will have seen a total of more than 4,000 opioid-related deaths. This is a catastrophic increase from the 2,861 deaths across Canada in 2016. And it confirms, tragically, that the public health emergency of fatal and non-fata...
HSABC partners with B.C. Centre of Substance Use to support research in addiction care
January 03, 2018 | National Union
Vancouver (03 Jan. 2018) — The Health Sciences Association of BC (HSABC/NUPGE) has partnered with the British Columbia Centre on Substance Use (BCCSU) to offer an Addiction Social Work Fellowship. As the leading union in providing multidisciplinary care services for British Columbians living with...
