The latest news articles featuring BC Centre on Substance Use.
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. Ron J...
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 orde...
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 orde...
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 at the Brit...
MLA Letnick on what the B.C. budget means for the Okanagan
February 22, 2017 | Kelowna Now
B.C. residents are still digesting the 2017 provincial budget, which was released by the B.C. Government yesterday afternoon. Finance Minister Michael De Jong said the 2017 budget is the fifth consecutive balanced one, but what does that mean for Kelowna residents? In an interview with KelownaNow, M...
