The latest news articles featuring BC Centre on Substance Use.
Medical marijuana: Does research back up claims of therapeutic benefits?
July 29, 2016 | The Globe and Mail
A new Globe and Mail investigation is raising alarming questions about the safety of cannabis being sold illegally in unregulated dispensaries. But for the thousands of Canadians who use regulated and tested medical cannabis, there is another urgent issue researchers are scrambling to address: Does ...
BC wants federal crackdown on fentanyl trafficking to fight crisis
July 27, 2016 | Maclean's
In the last six months, the BC coroners’ service says deaths from apparent illicit drug overdose have spiked 74 per cent from last year VANCOUVER – Overdose deaths have climbed to such an urgent level in British Columbia that the province needs help from the federal government to deal with a pub...
CBC: Interview with Dr. Keith Ahamad on addiction treatment
July 26, 2016 | CBC News
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Editorial: Time has come, sadly, for safe injection sites in the suburbs
July 26, 2016 | Tri-City News
There were 127 overdose deaths in the Fraser Health region in the first six months of this year, including 10 from fentanyl in nearby Maple Ridge. There were 127 overdose deaths in the Fraser Health region in the first six months of this year, including 10 from fentanyl in nearby Maple Ridge. In Apr...
Hospital policies put the lives of people who inject drugs at risk, say experts
July 21, 2016 | Healthy Debate
In 2015, Shawn was in the hospital with an abscess on his spine and a life-threatening blood infection. After waiting more than a day in the emergency department, he was withdrawing from heroin – sweating profusely, extremely anxious and in excruciating pain. “It felt like someone was crushing m...
