The latest news articles featuring BC Centre on Substance Use.
How the paediatric workforce can address the opioid crisis
September 23, 2016 | The Lancet
About 17 million people worldwide engage in heroin and non-medical prescription opioid use, resulting in a public health emergency with substantial morbidity and mortality.1 In parts of North America and western Europe, overdose deaths have surpassed motor vehicle crash fatalities,2,3 and even the U...
Interview with Dr. Keith Ahamad
September 21, 2016 | CBC
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Cheap and easy: fentanyl test strips show promise as new tool in B.C.’s struggle with overdose deaths
September 21, 2016 | The Georgia Straight
While Insite is still the only bricks-and-mortar location in Vancouver where one can obtain a testing strip for fentanyl, the kits are more easily available than most people know Since mid-July, an experiment at Insite, Vancouver’s supervised-injection facility, has allowed drug users to test subs...
‘A major barrier’: Make drugs that prevent fentanyl deaths free, families and experts say
September 16, 2016 | CBC
$12 a day to control cravings and $50 for overdose antidote kit too high, Richmond, B.C., mom says ennifer Molto hates the sound of a ringing phone. “Every morning, I wake up and I think, ‘Is today the day?'” The Richmond, B.C., woman lives in constant fear the next call will be to tell her th...
Opinion: Preparing nurses to better care for patients with addictions
July 29, 2016 | The Vancouver Sun
Every day in BC, there are an average of two deaths from preventable drug overdoses. Countless citizens are struggling to use less, to not use, or to hide their substance use, whether it is drugs or alcohol, from their families and employers. The prevailing belief in our society has been addiction i...
