The latest news articles featuring BC Centre on Substance Use.
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...
Transmission of HIV drug resistance increases among illegal drug users in Vancouver
May 19, 2017 | Healio
The prevalence of transmitted drug resistance in people with HIV who were using illegal drugs increased significantly over a 20-year period in Vancouver, British Columbia, researchers wrote in Clinical Infectious Diseases. “Our findings support baseline resistance testing early in the course of HI...
Study suggests drug criminalization undermining global HIV/AIDS efforts
May 18, 2017 | The Health Pilot
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 P...
Sex workers who use psychedelic drugs have lower suicide risk, study finds
May 17, 2017 | The Globe and Mail
Sex workers who use psychedelic drugs such as LSD and magic mushrooms are associated with a markedly reduced risk of suicide, raising the possibility of new and innovative ways to treat a marginalized population. That’s the conclusion of a study by the Gender and Sexual Health Initiative (GSHI) at...
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 ...
