The latest news articles featuring BC Centre on Substance Use.
Retiring B.C. health minister, Terry Lake, contemplates his next chapter
April 07, 2017 | Vancouver Sun
Retiring B.C. Health Minister Terry Lake was interviewed at length when first appointed to the cabinet position four years ago and recently, the Kamloops MLA agreed to sit down for one last chat. He arrived at the Vancouver Sun and Province with a fitting book in his briefcase — Sixty: A Di...
B.C. mulls framework for expanded heroin-assisted treatment
April 07, 2017 | The Globe and Mail
Prescription heroin, a last-resort treatment for severe addiction currently restricted to only one clinic in all of North America, could one day be dispensed at pharmacies much as methadone is. The dispensation model is one of three proposed in a draft of B.C. guidelines for the expansion of supervi...
Authorities frustrated with long waits for results of fentanyl tests
April 06, 2017 | CTV News Kitchener
Staccato scenes play out in Jody McLennan’s mind on loop: her husband slumped in his chair, paramedics pumping his chest, his lifeless body splayed on their living room floor. Only four hours earlier, McLennan and Oghenovo Avwunufe had been munching on chips and drinking beer before she fell a...
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...
