The latest news articles featuring BC Centre on Substance Use.
Surrey’s John Volken Academy commits $1M to British Columbia Centre on Substance Use
May 23, 2017 | Peach Arch news
Newton recovery operation donates money in midst of the ongoing opioid crisis in B.C. NEWTON — Newton’s John Volken Academy (JVA) has committed $1 million to support the British Columbia Centre on Substance Use (BCCSU) in the midst of the ongoing opioid crisis that took the lives of 914 people i...
‘Gray Death’ Is the Latest Dangerous Street Drug
May 22, 2017 | healthline
Experts say this new opioid cocktail is a combination of three drugs, each individually more powerful than heroin. It’s called “gray death” and apparently for good reason. This dangerous opioid cocktail is responsible for a spate of fatal overdoses in the United States, and its potency has aut...
The expanding universe of synthetic drugs
May 20, 2017 | The Economist
From “legal highs” to fentanyl, there are more drugs on offer than ever before INSIDE a brightly lit shop in Amsterdam half a dozen people inspect the wares. Alongside the bongs, vibrators and heart-shaped key rings in its glass displays are rows of small silver packets emblazoned with names suc...
Study suggests cannabis may reduce crack use
May 19, 2017 | Medical Xpress
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...
Marijuana Treatment And How Smoking Weed Can Help Ease The Crack Epidemic
May 19, 2017 | International Business Times
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...
