The latest news articles featuring BC Centre on Substance Use.
Why Vancouver Has Always Been an Addiction Ground Zero
July 13, 2017 | VICE
Breaking down the city’s contradictory reputations as the epicentre of an overdose “bloodbath” and a beacon of progressive drug policy. Amid North America’s worst drug overdose crisis in decades, Vancouver has cultivated two distinct and seemingly contradictory reputations. On one hand, ...
Why Vancouver Has Always Been an Addiction Ground Zero
July 13, 2017 | VICE
Breaking down the city’s contradictory reputations as the epicentre of an overdose “bloodbath” and a beacon of progressive drug policy. Amid North America’s worst drug overdose crisis in decades, Vancouver has cultivated two distinct and seemingly contradictory reputations. O...
B.C. overdose warning system aims to alert users about potentially deadly drugs
July 11, 2017 | CFJC Today
VANCOUVER – Medical health officers in the Vancouver area are aiming to quickly warn drug users about clusters of overdoses and batches of contaminated drugs based on reports from people who use illegal substances. Sara Young, the regional leader of mental health and substance use for Vancouve...
Study: Cannabis May Reduce Crack Use
July 04, 2017 | IFLSCIENCE
North America is in the midst of a drug overdose disaster. In British Columbia, Canada, where nearly 1,000 people died of overdose in 2016, officials have declared a public health emergency. While over-prescription of painkillers and contamination of the illegal opioid supply by fentanyl, a potent s...
Blowing smoke
July 01, 2017 | iPOLITICS
Last month, Bill C-45, also known as the Cannabis Act, passed its second reading in the House of Commons €” the culmination of several days and late nights of debate among members of Parliament about the proposed framework for legalized cannabis. €˜Perplexing’ might be a good word to de...
