The latest news articles featuring BC Centre on Substance Use.
40th Parliament, 6th Session – Tuesday, March 14, 2017, Morning
March 14, 2017 | Legislative Assembly of British Columbia
statement by Dr. Sam Sullivan between 25:20 – 28:05...
Legal Heroin
March 11, 2017 | The Georgia Straight
As the fentanyl crisis continues, one Vancouver doctor moves people out of the alleys and into a clinic This article was written in partnership with Cited Podcast for a program distributed on NPR stations across the United States. Listen to a related radio documentary about the fentanyl crisis and a...
Keith Ahamad – “Addiction Is Not A Choice”
March 07, 2017 | Vancouver is Awesome
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Justin Trudeau talks B.C.’s opioid crisis in Vancouver
March 03, 2017 | The now
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau was in Vancouver Friday morning, hearing from first responders about B.C.’s opioid crisis, and participating in a Q and A session with politically-minded youth. Trudeau visited the new Hope to Health Research Clinic in the Downtown Eastside for a round-table discussio...
Irish GPs support wider use of naloxone to treat opiate addiction
March 03, 2017 | bmj
Two thirds of GPs in Ireland support planned initiatives to provide wider availability of naloxone in the community for treating opiate addiction and overdose, a survey has found. More than 200 deaths due to opiate overdose occur each year in Ireland, one of the highest rates in Europe. Naloxone is ...
