The latest news articles featuring BC Centre on Substance Use.
CBC: Interview with Dr. Thomas Kerr on safe injection sites
May 16, 2016 | CBC News
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CBC: Interview with Dr. M-J Milloy on opioid abuse
April 28, 2016 | CBS
Chad hears from Dr. M-J Milloy, research scientist with theBC Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS, about Canada’s role in fighting Opioid abuse....
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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