The latest news articles featuring BC Centre on Substance Use.
EDITORIAL: Opioid support welcome news
February 12, 2017 | The Morning Star
The provincial government is boosting funding for one of the organizations trying to aid addicts. Health Minister Terry Lake has announced $5 million of extra funding for the B.C. Centre on Substance Use (BCCSU) and an additional $1.9 million for ongoing operations funding. It’s that last part...
Londoners take a step towards supervised injection services
February 10, 2017 | Strathroyagedispatch
London broke a record in 2016: the Middlesex-London Health Unit confirmed 58 new cases of HIV, the most ever reported in one year. About 70 per cent of those cases, according to the Health Unit, are due to injection drug use at a time when HIV rates are declining elsewhere across Ontario. The provin...
Beyond harm reduction
February 10, 2017 | The Globe and Mail
Sixteen years after Vancouver formally adopted a ‘four pillars’ approach to drug strategy, the city – and the province – finds itself in the grip of an overdose crisis, reports Andrea Woo Melody Cooper throws a purple ball across the well-worn grass at the East Vancouver dog ...
Researchers recommend supervised injection site in Old East Village or downtown London
February 08, 2017 | Global News
Researchers behind a feasibility report about a supervised injection site (SIS) in London are recommending a facility in Old East Village or downtown, to curb unsafe drug use in the city. The year-long study surveyed 199 people who inject drugs (PWID) and found 86 per cent would use an SIS, primaril...
Injection sites encouraged
February 08, 2017 | The Chronicle Journal
Even though supervised injection services have been deemed feasible for Thunder Bay, many questions need to be answered before a facility – or possibly two – can become a reality. The results of a Supervised Injection Services feasibility study were presented Tuesday. The study recommend...
