The latest news articles featuring BC Centre on Substance Use.
‘Nobody Knows’: UBC struggles to respond to Vancouver’s fentanyl crisis
November 15, 2017 | The Ubyssey
Fentanyl in Vancouver is a crisis traditional health services at UBC aren’t prepared to face. You’re at a party, and suddenly someone falls to the ground. It’s an overdose caused by drugs laced with fentanyl, a synthetic opioid 10 to 100 times stronger than heroin. Depending on the dosage, the...
Long Read: This Doctor Might Have the Answer to the Fentanyl Crisis
November 14, 2017 | Vancouver
Dr. Evan Wood has a controversial idea for treating the fentanyl crisis—fight drugs with drugs. Are we ready for his radical plan? “I’m going to be the least compelling speaker you’ll hear tonight,” Dr. Evan Wood tells me as we pull up in front of the Anvil Centre auditorium in New Westmin...
Province expands fentanyl testing and launches drug-checking pilot in Vancouver
November 10, 2017 | BC Gov News
To provide potentially life-saving information to people who use drugs, a new drug-checking service is being tested in Vancouver – the first of its kind in Canada. The pilot study began last week as part of the provincial government’s work to test whether making drug checking more widely availab...
B.C. to bolster service to test drugs for fentanyl
November 09, 2017 | The Globe and Mail
British Columbia is set to expand a program to allow people to check their street drugs for fentanyl, the latest harm-reduction initiative to roll out amid skyrocketing overdose deaths. The most recent figures from the provincial government show 1,103 confirmed deaths from overdoses of illicit drugs...
MJ Milloy, Cannabis and Addiction
November 07, 2017 | The Green Scene Podcast
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