The latest news articles featuring BC Centre on Substance Use.
B.C. Liberals’ election platform gives little attention to the fentanyl crisis despite deaths continuing to soar
April 12, 2017 | The Georgia Straight
April 14 marks the passage of one year since the provincial government declared a public-health emergency related to illicit-drug overdose deaths. Since then, almost another 1,000 people have died, about five times the annual average of 204 deaths for the years 2001 to 2010. The same week, the B.C. ...
APRIL 12, 2017 Overdose emergency anniversary. Parkinson’s awareness.
April 11, 2017 | CBC News
Dr. Keith Ahamad, an addiction medicine clinician at the B.C. Centre on Substance Use, on the anniversary of the public health emergency on drug overdoses. Dr. Martin McKeown, director of the Pacific Parkinson’s Research Centre on Parkinson’s disease....
Medical pot smokers cut down their use of prescription tranquilizers, study finds
April 10, 2017 | cantech letter
A study on marijuana use has found that 40 per cent of patients prescribed medical cannabis to treat pain and anxiety were able to eliminate their use of tranquilizers like Valium and Xanax within 90 days. Results of the new study —which has yet to be approved for peer-reviewed publication — wer...
Launching Pot Into The Unknown
April 10, 2017 | Ruminations
Now is when we need to be doing this research, and the money is just not there. If we’re going to be the only North American country that has full legalization, there’s no reason that we shouldn’t become global leaders.” “We’re in a weird situation where we’re about to legalize a drug ...
Budget 2017 Brings Additional Federal Funding to Fight the Opioid Crisis
April 10, 2017 | Government of Canada
With its strong focus on innovation, skills, partnerships and fairness, Budget 2017 takes the next steps in securing a more prosperous future for all Canadians. Today, the Honourable Jane Philpott, Minister of Health, was in Surrey, British Columbia to highlight additional federal support for the op...
