The latest news articles featuring BC Centre on Substance Use.
Study looking into feasibility of supervised injection sites in London to be released
February 06, 2017 | Global News
The findings of a year-long feasibility study into the issue of setting up supervised injection sites in London will be made public this week. The Regional HIV/Aids Connection (RHAC) and the Ontario HIV Treatment Network (OHTN) launched the study just over a year ago to determine whether drug users ...
Less than half of B.C. doctors thoroughly check patients’ prescription history, says researcher
February 02, 2017 | CBC News
PharmaNet service catalogues every British Columbian’s prescription history but not all doctors use it Many B.C. doctors aren’t doing their due diligence when looking at their patients’ prescription history, and it’s not helping the already surging number of drug overdoses in the province, a...
Interview with Dr. Keith Ahamad
February 01, 2017 | CBC News
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Vancouver’s frontline fentanyl responders make the case for legalization in private meeting with Trudeau
January 31, 2017 | The Georgia Straight
Prime Minister cites difficulties legalizing marijuana as a barrier to real debate around regulating hard drugs like cocaine and heroin Last Sunday (January 29), Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Justice Minister Jody Wilson-Raybould sat down in Vancouver with a roomful of people on the frontlines o...
B.C. health officer leads push for European-style heroin treatment programs
January 30, 2017 | Vancouver Sun
VICTORIA – Prescribing medicinal heroin to prevent overdose deaths might appear to clash with common sense, but the provincial health officer in B.C. is backing the idea because he says European-style drug treatment programs work. The arrival of the powerful opioid fentanyl drove B.C.’s death to...
