The latest news articles featuring BC Centre on Substance Use.
New safe injection sites will be in place ahead of federal legislation change: Lake
December 12, 2016 | Metro News
Changes are coming to a restrictive federal law, but B.C.’s health minister says health agencies won’t have to wait to have applications sped up B.C.’s health minister believes health agencies won’t necessarily have to wait for federal legislation to pass before having their ...
B.C. Centre on Substance Use recommends Suboxone over methadone
December 09, 2016 | CBC News
Health experts sharing key findings of new provincial opioid guidelines ahead of the papers’ publish date In the face of the growing fentanyl crisis in B.C., opioid researchers are sharing the key findings of the provincial opioid addiction guidelines with front-line health care workers, a mon...
Ottawa must monitor how legal pot could hurt and help: experts
December 08, 2016 | The Globe and Mail
A federal panel reporting to Ottawa on the next steps toward legalizing marijuana is expected to call for a comprehensive regime to monitor the impacts of bringing the substance out of the shadows and into the mainstream. And that could make Canada the world’s first national case study on the ...
Interview with Cheyenne Johnson
December 08, 2016 | CBC News
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Supervised drug program to be studied soon
December 07, 2016 | The Chronical Journal
The City of Thunder Bay is getting ready to start its feasibility study on supervised injection services. A presentation is scheduled for next Tuesday at city hall. Taking part will be Dr. Thomas Kerr, principal investigator for the study, Jean Bacon, director of Ontario HIV Treatment Network, and C...