The latest news articles featuring BC Centre on Substance Use.
British Columbia researchers want to use psychedelics to treat addiction
April 21, 2017 | Metro News
The B.C. Centre on Substance Use is seeking funding to start clinical trials using psychedelic drugs in a therapy setting to treat addiction. The use of psychedelic drugs for therapy pretty much ended in Canada in the 1960s but British Columbia researchers want to bring the far-out treatment back in...
B.C. centre planning clinical trials to treat addiction with hallucinogens
April 21, 2017 | CBC News
Opioids among several drugs that will be examined through trials British Columbia’s fledgling network for research into drug abuse is planning clinical trials to explore treating opioid addiction and other substance abuse disorders with hallucinogens. The B.C. Centre on Substance Use will exami...
Drug overdose crisis: One year later, 919 more deaths
April 16, 2017 | Times Colonist
It’s been a year since provincial health officer Dr. Perry Kendall declared the spike in overdose deaths a public health emergency. But despite major efforts and resources, there is no end in sight. “I had hoped for a different outcome,” Kendall said. “Tragically, in that 12-month period, we...
From opium to opioids: A look at British Columbia’s illicit drug history
April 13, 2017 | CityNews
VANCOUVER – Hundreds of British Columbians have died from overdoses in recent months, but the powerful painkiller fentanyl isn’t the first drug to spark a crisis in the province. Here’s a look at British Columbia’s history with drugs: 1870s to 1900s: British Columbia’s first troubles with ...
Family doctors key to screening for addiction in B.C. fight against opioids
April 13, 2017 | Times Colonist
VANCOUVER — A tag hanging from a dead man’s left toe says the cause of death was an overdose of fentanyl, “unknowingly taken with other drugs.” The cadaver draped in a white sheet is displayed in transit ads funded by the Vancouver Police Foundation and represents 922 people who died in Brit...
