The latest news articles featuring BC Centre on Substance Use.
Union Gospel Mission wilderness program helps men overcome addiction
June 10, 2017 | Vancouver Sun
GARIBALDI PROVINCIAL PARK — Looking out on Cheakamus Lake, Tom Sauls recalls how he would often stand at Crab Park in Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside and gaze north at the mountains, dreaming of someday escaping homelessness and addiction to find refuge in the wilderness. Sauls, 57, would take swi...
Lake declared ‘hero’ for work on opioid crisis
June 07, 2017 | CFJC Today
KAMLOOPS — Four years to the day after he was appointed BC’s Minister of Health, Terry Lake has been honoured for his leadership in addressing the province’s opioid crisis. At a breakfast in Halifax this morning, Lake was given the National Public Health Hero award by the Canadian Public Healt...
Collaboration between U.S., drug companies could benefit Canada: scientist
May 31, 2017 | The Globe and Mail
A scientist says a public-private partnership aimed at developing medications that would combat overdose deaths in the United States could potentially help chronic drug users in Canada. Nora Volkow of the National Institutes of Health said the agency has joined forces with about a dozen drug compani...
Could cannabis help crack cocaine addicts kick the habit?
May 31, 2017 | NewScientist
COMPONENTS of cannabis might help those addicted to crack cocaine to quit. Such people may find it easier to curb their usage or give up entirely when they take some form of cannabis, suggests a small study that builds on similar results from research in rodents. “This is a promising development t...
B.C. painkiller overdoses spiked 97% to nearly five killed a day in April
May 31, 2017 | Metro News
“It’s so demoralizing,” admitted Leslie McBain, whose son Jordan, 25, died of an illicit drug overdose three years ago. “And it’s just getting worse.” British Columbia’s painkiller overdose epidemic has reached new grim records Wednesday, after newly released data showed its death toll...
