The latest news articles featuring BC Centre on Substance Use.
Health Minister on the ‘desperate fight against a public health crisis’
December 21, 2016 | Merritt Herald
Health Minister Terry Lake and Kamloops-North Thompson MLA Terry Lake has posted on his Facebook page his thoughts on the overdose crisis gripping the province. With overdoses claiming 755 lives in B.C. “” and 32 in Kamloops “” to the end of November, and with November setting a reco...
Addiction experts discuss solutions to opioid overdose crisis
December 20, 2016 | The Current
According to new numbers released by the B.C. Coroners Service, November was the deadliest month on record for the province with 128 fatal overdoses “” bringing the year’s total to more than 750 deaths. The spike is being blamed on the synthetic opioid fentanyl, detected in more than 6...
Asbestos. Alcoholism during the holidays
December 16, 2016 | CBC News
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Report on local drug injection site set for new year
December 13, 2016 | tbnewswatch
The results of a feasibility study into a supervised drug injection facility for Thunder Bay will be made public in February. The findings were originally scheduled to be released this week, but the parties involved in the study announced a postponement, saying that the report is still being drafted...
Province moves mobile hospital to DTES to help ease OD overload at St. Paul’s
December 12, 2016 | The Province
The province’s mobile medical unit has served as a M.A.S.H.-like emergency room at the Olympics, festivals and outside hospitals being renovated: On Tuesday it begins saving lives in the Downtown Eastside. Inside a tent with all the necessary equipment and staffed with a half-dozen emergency d...
