The latest news articles featuring BC Centre on Substance Use.
Experts warn of link between tranquilizer use, risk of HIV infection among those who inject drugs
March 14, 2016 | News 1130
VANCOUVER (NEWS 1130) – We’ve been reminded time and time again about the dangers of opioids lately – in particular, fentanyl. Now, experts at the BC Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS are uneasy about the possible dangers of another drug. They’re urging doctors to be cautious...
A primer on Vancouver’s safe-injection sites
March 14, 2016 | Metro News
VANCOUVER – A look at Vancouver’s safe-injection sites as Toronto considers the health benefits of integrating supervised injection into existing harm-reduction programs. What exists right now? There are two supervised injection sites in Vancouver. Insite became North America’s fir...
HIV/AIDS lecture series concludes with focus on harm reduction
March 12, 2016 | McGill Daily
On March 10 McGill University hosted the final event of Concordia University’s Community Lecture Series, “Ending HIV/AIDS.” The main speaker was M-J Milloy, an infectious disease epidemiologist and assistant professor at the University of British Columbia and Principal Investigat...
The quiet rise of crystal meth
March 04, 2016 | The Globe and Mail
Fentanyl and oxycodone may be getting the headlines, but the use of cheap and available speed is soaring, writes Andrea Woo Dean Foggin sits on the edge of his single bed, winter sunlight streaming through the window onto the white walls, his white robe, white slippers. It is his fifth time checking...
Ending HIV: A missing piece in the health-care debate
March 04, 2016 | Truthout
For the Republican presidential candidates, the Affordable Care Act (ACA) has been a sort of collective punching bag. Every single candidate wants a repeal of the health-care law, which was a stinging victory for President Obama and the Democrats. Donald Trump would replace it with something vague a...
