The latest news articles featuring BC Centre on Substance Use.
Advocates fear Downtown Eastside police crackdown pushes drug users into shadows
February 04, 2018 | Vancouver Sun
While Vancouver police proclaim victory in a recent crackdown on crime in the Downtown Eastside, some locals fear the boost in beat cops is pushing people who use drugs into harm’s way. Last week, Vancouver police increased foot patrols in the impoverished neighbourhood to address “street disord...
Concerns raised about effectiveness of opioid substitution therapy in UBC study
February 01, 2018 | The Globe and Mail
A study of drug use in Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside concluded with 100 per cent of participants who used illicit opioids testing positive for fentanyl, raising concerns that higher opioid tolerance from the powerful synthetic drug could threaten the effectiveness of substitution treatment. Th...
Vancouver forges new paths in revival of psychedelic research
January 31, 2018 | The Georgia Straight
The B.C. Centre on Substance Use has assembled a team that’s positioning Vancouver as a global force in investigating mind-altering drugs for the treatment of addiction and mental disorders In 2011, Gerald Thomas was invited to an Indigenous community in a remote area of British Columbia. Working ...
Drug overdoses. Mental health talk.
January 31, 2018 | CBC News
Dr. Keith Ahamad, a clinical researcher at the B.C. Centre on Substance Use, and Sarah Blyth, manager of the Overdose Prevention Site, on 2017’s drug overdose deaths. Sarah Hamid-Balma, director of mental health promotion for the Canadian Mental Health Association, and Sarah Jickling, a Vancou...
How Depressing Overdose Stats Could Derail Opioid Crisis Progress
January 31, 2018 | VICE
We’ve seen it happen with climate change. Here’s how experts keep going without feeling doomed. It’s a hard fact to wrap your head around: British Columbia’s overdose crisis worsened in 2017. And not just by a little. Despite a public health emergency declared nearly two years ago—greenlig...
