The latest news articles featuring BC Centre on Substance Use.
New potential for marijuana: Treating drug addiction
May 17, 2017 | CNN
(CNN) – Harm reduction is a strategy for treating addiction that begins with acceptance. A friendlier, less disciplined sister of abstinence, this philosophy aims to reduce the overall level of drug use among people who are unable or simply unwilling to stop. What should naturally follow is a ...
Making Drug Use a Crime Makes HIV Prevention, Treatment More Difficult
May 17, 2017 | Pharmpro
The criminalization of drug use has a negative effect on efforts to prevent and treat people with HIV, suggests a review of published research conducted by the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health and the University of British Columbia. The findings, appearing May 14 in The Lancet HIV, s...
War on drugs ‘crippling’ overdose, HIV response: B.C. researcher
May 16, 2017 | Metro News
Criminalizing drugs has hurt efforts to respond to the global HIV epidemic and other harms associated with addiction, according to a British Columbia researcher. Dr. Kora DeBeck, with the B.C. Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS and Simon Fraser University, published a joint study with the John Hopkin...
Study suggests drug criminalization undermining global HIV efforts
May 16, 2017 | SFU
The criminalization of drugs is a leading factor in the world’s HIV epidemic and a potential barrier to eradicating HIV/AIDS, say researchers who’ve undertaken a sweeping review of research on laws and policies prohibiting drug use. Assistant professor Kora DeBeck of SFU’s School of Public Pol...
British Columbia researchers find cannabis may be effective substitute for crack cocaine addicts
May 16, 2017 | Metro News
New study from the BC Centre on Substance Use finds people with addictions to crack cocaine see “significant decline” in use when taking cannabis instead. Marijuana could be used to treat people suffering from addictions to crack cocaine, according to a new study from the BC Centre on Substance ...
