The latest news articles featuring BC Centre on Substance Use.
Opinion: Zero tolerance for cannabis and driving makes zero sense
November 25, 2016 | Vancouver Sun
Maybe lost amidst the sound and fury from last Tuesday’s U.S. presidential election results were the outcomes from ballot initiatives in eight states approving plans for legal medical or recreational cannabis. Like citizens and policymakers in Canada, those in California, Maine, Nevada and Mas...
Drug-related mortality rates in B.C. linked to timing of welfare cheques
November 23, 2016 | The Globe and Mail
The average number of people who died of drug overdoses in B.C. over the past five years was 40 per cent higher during weeks when social-assistance payments were distributed than during the rest of the month, according to a study published in the International Journal of Drug Policy. Additionally, a...
Why B.C. needs more doctors trained in addictions medicine
November 22, 2016 | THIS
Even with a shortage of doctors in the province, understanding substance use is imperative British Columbia is facing widespread doctor shortages, and among the province’s limited supply of physicians, strikingly few are trained in addiction medicine. According to a study released by the B.C. ...
Brian Hutchinson: The fentanyl scourge, up close in a Vancouver alley
November 22, 2016 | National Post
VANCOUVER “” It’s not quite noon, and three people have overdosed after using drugs at an unsanctioned injection site set up inside a filthy alleyway, in the middle of Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside. Next to a fixing table, under a portable canopy, a thin, middle-aged woman pitche...
Jane Philpott promises use of ‘all tools’ in opioid crisis
November 18, 2016 | The Globe and Mail
Federal Health Minister Jane Philpott is pledging to use every tool at the disposal of the federal government to address Canada’s epidemic of opioid abuse. “This is a national public health crisis,” Dr. Philpott told reporters on Friday. “It is an emergency. It’s abso...
