The latest news articles featuring BC Centre on Substance Use.
Funding boost for overdose crisis
September 28, 2016 | Government of British Columbia
To bolster the efforts underway to prevent illicit drug overdoses and related deaths, Premier Christy Clark announced that the Province is providing $10 million to support a British Columbia addiction treatment research and training centre and to fund strategies identified under the Joint Task Force...
B.C. to spend additional $10 million in fight against opioid overdose crisis
September 28, 2016 | The Star
‘We must stem this epidemic on our streets,’ Premier Christy Clark said in her announcement. ‘We must protect our children.’ VICTORIA””British Columbia will create a centre to research drug addiction and provide education and guidance to health-care providers but more...
B.C. Premier announces addiction research centre to fight fentanyl epidemic
September 28, 2016 | Metro News
Premier Christy Clark announces research centre and funding to fight overdose crisis during Union of B.C. Municipalities address. British Columbia will set up an addiction treatment research and training centre to combat the province’s overdose crisis, Premier Christy Clark announced. Clark an...
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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