The latest news articles featuring BC Centre on Substance Use.
I would rather use my vaporizer’: Medical pot users say clinical proof could help fight stigma
May 31, 2016 | CBC News
Some say pot helps treat everything from PTSD to multiple sclerosis, HIV-AIDS and even cancer While moving to regulate medical marijuana dispensaries in the city, Toronto Public Health acknowledgesthat there may be therapeutic benefits associated with cannabis, such as help with pain relief, nausea ...
CBC: Interview with Dr. M-J Milloy on cannabis
May 30, 2016 | CBC News
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Overdose crisis gave prescription fentanyl an unfair rap, pain expert says
May 25, 2016 | CBC News
But BC doctor argues that opioid epidemic has its origins in doctors’ offices A pain specialist says the explosion of fatal overdoses from illegal opioids across the continent has unfairly stigmatized prescription fentanyl. … “Theprescriptionopioidproblem throughout North America n...
Amazon, but for deadly drugs: Why fentanyl and W-18 are here to stay
May 24, 2016 | The Vancouver Sun
On a sunny May morning in Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside, it takes justeight minutes to find a fentanyl dealer. “Alan,” who speakson the condition his real name not be reported, says he has customers who seek it exclusively. For $30 to $80, he’ll sell patches of Teva or Rati...
Magic mushrooms could be used to treat depression, study says
May 23, 2016 | Cantech Letter
A range of mental health issues may benefit from treatment with psilocybin, the active ingredient found in magic mushrooms, say a new study. The research, published last week in the medical journal The Lancet Psychiatry, looked at the effect of psilocybin on patients with unipolar treatment-resistan...
