The latest news articles featuring BC Centre on Substance Use.
Additional 500 substance-use treatment beds now open in British Columbia
April 04, 2017 | BC Gov News
As of March 31, the Province has opened 500 additional substance-use treatment and intervention beds throughout British Columbia, Health Minister Terry Lake announced today. “We are committed to providing the best supports to help people with substance-use challenges,” said Lake. “There is no ...
Most HIV/HCV-Positive Individuals Who Use Drugs Willing to Start HCV Treatment
April 04, 2017 | The Body Pro
Nearly three-quarters of HIV/hepatitis C (HCV)-coinfected drug users in Vancouver, Canada, reported willingness to use direct-activing antivirals (DAAs) for HCV infection, a substantial improvement over the willingness of this group to use interferon-based regimens. Enrollment in methadone maintenan...
SFU Chair appointed to new role in substance use research
April 01, 2017 | CBC News
Kanna Hayashi will take a leading local role to advance understanding in substance abuse Nearly one year after British Columbia declared a public health emergency because of a surge in overdose deaths, a new academic position has been created to help find solutions. Simon Fraser University, the St....
SFU / St. Paul’s appoint Substance Abuse research leader
March 31, 2017 | Roundhouse Radio
The new head of a research team tackling Vancouver’s opioid crisis says our city is seeing more overdose deaths than anywhere else. Simon Fraser University professor Kanna Hayashi was named as the first St. Paul’s Hospital Chair in Substance Use Research Friday afternoon. She has done similar re...
Prescriptions for painkillers still rising in Canada despite opioid crisis
March 29, 2017 | The Globe and Mail
New figures show doctors continue to liberally authorize addictive painkillers, while therapies for treating dependency also rise Despite a national epidemic of opioid abuse and overdoses, prescriptions for painkillers – as well as therapies for treating dependency – have increased, new figur...
