The latest news articles featuring BC Centre on Substance Use.
A look at some key elements of the 2017-18 budget
February 21, 2017 | News 1130
VICTORIA – A look at some of the major elements of the B.C. government’s 2017-18 budget introduced Tuesday by Finance Minister Mike de Jong: FINANCES: Government departments will get almost $3 billion more in their operating budgets over the next three years. Total government expenses are foreca...
New study seeks answers on how Canadians use cannabis
February 17, 2017 | Vancouver Sun
A new study looking at how Canadians use cannabis is being launched by the B.C. Centre on Substance Use. “The major goal is to understand better why Canadians use cannabis, what are their motivations, and what are the possible harms and benefits,” M-J Milloy, a University of B.C. assistant pro...
B.C. to get $10-million boost to fight opioid crisis
February 17, 2017 | BC Local News
The federal government announced Friday it will spend another $65 million over five years to combat the deadly opioid crisis facing the country, with $10 million coming immediately to B.C. Exactly how that funding is going to be doled out has yet to be determined, but the B.C. government says it wil...
B.C. study to look at how people use marijuana ahead of legalization
February 17, 2017 | Peace Arch News
A new study by the B.C. Centre on Substance Use aims to find out how and why people use marijuana, ahead of the federal government’s move to legalize the drug. It’s the first study in Canada to look at the “full spectrum” of marijuana use, including medical and recreational users, said Dr....
Victoria mother ‘forced’ to buy street drugs to save addicted daughter’s life
February 16, 2017 | Global News
A Victoria mother says she had to make an unimaginable decision to help save her daughter’s life. Correne Antrobus bought street drugs to help treat her daughter’s drug addiction. “Which is just such a foreign thought but we knew we had to get her something until she could get on the program,�...
