The latest news articles featuring BC Centre on Substance Use.
The opioid epidemic: taking new measures to save lives
November 23, 2017 | The University of British Columbia
British Columbia is in the grips of a public health emergency. To help stem the tide, the Government of B.C. has implemented new measures. Whether it’s training communities on how to prevent and respond to overdoses, distributing free naloxone kits, or lifting restrictions for prescribing treatmen...
How Tripping on Ayahuasca Could Help People with Eating Disorders
November 21, 2017 | Broadly
Could a powerfully hallucinogenic tea hold the key to treating eating disorders? A new study interviews ED sufferers who have experimented with the herbal drug from the Amazon. Broadly is partnering with the Global Drug Survey, the biggest drugs survey in the world, to find out more about wome...
Families of overdose victims join letter-writing campaign
November 19, 2017 | Times Colonist
Leslie McBain gets from one to six emails every day from families of people who have died from drug overdoses. “They just want to reach out to somebody who gets it,” said McBain, an advocate and Pender Island resident who lost her 25-year-old son Jordan Miller to an overdose in Victoria in 2014....
Hospital security guards increasingly using force against Vancouver patients, raising questions of care
November 18, 2017 | The Georgia Straight
Private security guards at B.C. hospitals are responding to violent incidents more frequently, according to statistics obtained under freedom-of-information legislation. This article was written in partnership with Cited Podcast. Listen to a related radio documentary about t...
National Addictions Awareness Week: battling addiction
November 15, 2017 | Global News Morning BC
This week is National Addictions Awareness Week. Dr. Seonaid Nolan, a St. Paul’s Hospital addictions physician, joins Global News Morning to talk about why it’s important to raise awareness this week....
