The latest news articles featuring BC Centre on Substance Use.
Hands-on Naloxone courses go Canada-wide
November 07, 2017 | Todino-Ucluelet Westerly News
St. John Ambulance has offered the training in B.C. for months to combat growing crisis St. John’s Ambulance is rolling out its hands-on courses on how to inject the overdose-reversal drug Naloxone across the country. The courses, which have been offered in B.C. for several months, tackle Naloxone...
Analysis | Debate over drug consumption sites might be coming to end
November 05, 2017 | CBC News
An increase in sites has not been matched by an increase in complaints In the space of two years, the number of supervised consumption sites approved to operate in Canada has gone from one to 22, plus three interim sites. In November 2015, when Justin Trudeau’s new Liberal government was sworn in,...
MDMA’s Journey from Molly to Medicine
November 03, 2017 | Scientific American
MDMA-assisted psychotherapy readies for phase III trials, a last step before possible prescription use in PTSD patients James Casey recalls having a fondness for fireworks while growing up on the outskirts of small towns in rural Louisiana and North Carolina. That was before his 2011 deployment as a...
Vancouver mayor, police chief renew call for drug treatment
November 01, 2017 | the Voice
Vancouver’s mayor and police chief say they are seeing more drug treatment services become available but want the provincial government to take more action to stop the unprecedented number of overdose deaths. Gregor Robertson said the city continues to see an average of seven overdose deaths per w...
Alberta approves pilot programs for injectable opioid therapy
November 01, 2017 | Edmonton Journal
Albertans who have struggled with traditional forms of opioid treatment such as suboxone and methadone could soon have access to an injectable form of therapy. The provincial government announced Wednesday it has agreed to develop pilot projects in Edmonton and Calgary that will allow patients to in...
