The latest news articles featuring BC Centre on Substance Use.
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 crimi...
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 ...
UBC research aims to clear the haze on cannabis use in Canada
April 19, 2016 | UBC News
As Canada prepares for the expected legalization of cannabis, a new study will examine cannabis use and provide clear guidance for creating regulations and policies. M-J Milloy, an assistant professor of medicine with the UBC Division of AIDS and a research scientist with the British Columbia Centre...
Rethinking the war on drugs
April 19, 2016 | CBC News
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Canadian prisoners with opiate addiction are allowed to have methadone treatment
April 19, 2016 | Lawyer Herald
Prisoners in British Columbia now have access to the same opiate addiction treatment as people outside the prison have. Correction Department implemented policy to let them have a Methadone treatment to cure addiction. Previously, asGlobal News Canada reported, four inmates who claimed they were all...
