The latest news articles featuring BC Centre on Substance Use.
Cheque Day in the Downtown Eastside
January 01, 2017 | The Globe and Mail
The prevalence of fentanyl and carfentanil means drug users in the Downtown Eastside are always at risk, but never more so than when social assistance cheques arrive every month. The Globe spent roughly 24 hours in the troubled neighbourhood for a first-hand look at the overdose crisis Deirdre is le...
Les dégâts cérébraux irréversibles des surdoses liées au fentanyl
December 30, 2016 | Radio-Canada
Overdoses caused by fentanyl cause irreversible damage to the brain, and the number of cases in British Columbia is causing concern to the medical community. At St. Paul’s Hospital in Vancouver, physicians have seen an upsurge in catastrophic brain damage since the fentanyl crisis, the powerfu...
Doctors struggling to cope with growing number of overdose patients with brain damage
December 30, 2016 | CBC News
As the number of drug overdoses continues to rise in B.C., doctors are struggling to cope with the increasing number of patients facing irreversible brain damage and other long-term health issues. Since January, more than 6,000 patients have ended up in Vancouver-area emergency departments because o...
Drug crisis: More training for doctors caring for addicts
December 28, 2016 | CKNW
As the province struggles with the on-going opioid crisis, more training is becoming available to help doctors treat those dealing with addiction. Dr. Annabel Mead, who heads up the Addiction Medicine Program at St. Paul’s Hospital, says their intensive year-long program, a one of a kind in Ca...
Study backs screening heroin users for alcohol issues
December 27, 2016 | Irish Examiner
A new study of people being treated for heroin use found that some of those who also had drink issues cut their alcohol intake when screened for excessive drinking by a GP. A new study, published in recent weeks in the BMC Family Practice journal, found that alcohol screening among people receiving ...
