The latest news articles featuring BC Centre on Substance Use.
On-demand addiction treatment clinic opens in the Downtown Eastside to tackle overdose crisis
February 27, 2017 | Roundhouse Radio 98.3 Vancouver
A new clinic opening this week in the Downtown Eastside aims to reduce barriers for people looking to take their first step toward recovery. The DTES Connections Clinic will offer opioid replacement therapy, such as methadone and suboxone. At today’s opening ceremony, peer advisor Rob Morgan s...
B.C. opens on-demand addiction treatment clinic to tackle overdose crisis
February 27, 2017 | Times Colonist
VANCOUVER “” On-demand addiction treatment is now available in the Vancouver neighbourhood hardest-hit by the ongoing opioid overdose crisis. The Downtown Eastside Connections clinic, unveiled Monday, is expected to receive 600 patients a year who want help to stop using illicit drugs. Dr. R...
New drug smuggling schemes challenge police
February 26, 2017 | Global News
Illicit drugs have always been a problem in port cities, but experts say the emergence of highly potent synthetic opioids that are fuelling British Columbia’s overdose crisis are slipping through borders in new ways, presenting challenges for law enforcement. International regulations, online ...
Fentanyl trafficking presents new challenges for police, experts say
February 26, 2017 | The Globe and Mail
Illicit drugs have always been a problem in port cities, but experts say the emergence of highly potent synthetic opioids that are fuelling British Columbia’s overdose crisis are slipping through borders in new ways, presenting challenges for law enforcement. International regulations, online ...
A new study aims to learn more about Vancouver’s cannabis users
February 24, 2017 | Vancouver Magazine
With marijuana about to become legal in Canada, the British Columbia Centre on Substance Use is conducting an online survey to better understand why Canadians use cannabis, and””surprise, surprise””they’re looking at you, Vancouver. According to M-J Milloy, a research scientist...
