The latest news articles featuring BC Centre on Substance Use.
FBI, DEA produce documentary warning teens about heroin
April 24, 2016 | Chicago Tribune
A few dozen teachers sat in an auditorium at Westmont High School last week and watched a tale of darkness: seven people, three of them incarcerated, speaking on video about the depths to which their opioid addictions had taken them. Such cautionary tales have long been a staple of drug education, b...
Former UN Secretary General Kofi Annan says the war on drugs has failed
April 22, 2016 | Politifact
Several Latin American and European countries pressed their case to decriminalize drugs at a special session of the United Nations this week. They came up short. The document that emerged maintained a basic prohibitionist stance. But the advocates for a softer touch did garner some prominent backers...
City: Interview with Dr. Thomas Kerr on cannabis
April 21, 2016 | City News
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British Columbia health officials call for drug decriminalization
April 21, 2016 | The Globe and Mail
Top health officials in British Columbia are calling for a significant change in drug policy that would ensure people who use illicit drugs do not face criminal charges for it. Dr. Perry Kendall, BC’s provincial health officer, said he supports decriminalization because treating users as criminals...
Q&A with UBC prof M-J Milloy on aims of new pot-use study
April 20, 2016 | CBC News
Study will seek to recruit 1,500 cannabis users to ask them about their consumption habits Canada’s effort to legalize marijuana will compel legislators to come up with regulations for the drug over the next few months and some forthcoming research coming out of British Columbia may help them in t...
