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UBC helping with national study of opioid addiction treatment
February 16, 2016 | UBC News
Researchers at UBC and the BC Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS will lead one of four sites chosen by the federal government for a study comparing opioid addiction treatments. The $4.4 million effort will evaluate two treatments for prescription opioid dependence: methadone, which is the current sta...
Government of Canada invests in collaborative research tackling prescription drug abuse
February 16, 2016 | Government of Canada
Innovative national study to improve the health of people living with opioid dependence February 16, 2016 – Ottawa, Ontario – Canadian Institutes of Health Research The Honourable Jane Philpott, Minister of Health, today announced funding for research aimed at improving the health of people who ...
Collaborative research tackles prescription drug abuse
February 16, 2016 | BC Medical Journal
The Government of Canada, through the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR), is investing $4.4 million to support four large regional teams of researchers, service providers, and decision makers to study how to improve the health of people who abuse prescription drugs. Prescription drug abus...
Canadian government investing in prescription drug addiction research
February 16, 2016 | Kelowna Now
The Canadian government is working to cut down the number of prescription drug addictions in the country. Jane Philpott, Minister of Health, announced Tuesday that the federal government will be investing $4.4 million towards research into prescription drugs, and how to make people healthier who tak...
BC prisoners with opiate addiction gain therapy
February 16, 2016 | Global News
VANCOUVER – Prisoners struggling with opiate addictions in British Columbia jails have gained the same right to medical treatment as people outside the corrections system. BC Corrections has implemented a new policy after four men who alleged they were denied opiate replacement therapy launched a ...
