The latest news articles featuring BC Centre on Substance Use.
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...
100 times stronger than fentanyl: New peril looms for BC drug users in painkiller W-18
March 03, 2016 | The Province
Painkiller W-18, seized by police in Calgary, can be 100 times more powerful than fentanyl – and it’s expected to arrive here Drug experts fear BC won’t be ready to deal with the devastating impact of the powerful painkiller W-18 when it inevitably hits the streets here. Already, health offici...
BC braces for arrival of powerful painkiller W-18
March 02, 2016 | The Star Phoenix
Drug experts fear BC won’t be ready to deal with the devastating impact of the powerful painkiller W-18 when it inevitably hits the province’s streets. Already, health officials and first responders are scrambling in response to a surge in overdoses from the potent, synthetic opiate fentanyl, wh...
CFAX 1070: Interview with Dr. M-J Milloy on cannabis
February 24, 2016 | CFAX 1070
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Thunder Bay ‘very interesting’ location for proposed safe injection site, says researcher
February 19, 2016 | CBC News
University of British Columbia medical professor Dr. Thomas Kerr is leading feasibility study in Thunder Bay The city of Thunder Bay faces unique challenges as it works towards creating a supervised injection site, says one of the lead researchers examining the feasibility of the project. Dr. Thomas...
