The latest news articles featuring BC Centre on Substance Use.
Licensed cannabis oil too scarce, expensive for medical users
January 27, 2016 | The Globe and Mail
Every two months, Chris Skidmore crushes about half a kilogram of dried marijuana, soaks it in isopropyl alcohol, then strains the liquid through a coffee filter and into a rice cooker to burn off the remaining fumes – creating his own cannabis oil. He swallows a few drops of the oil every morning...
Progress for tomorrow
January 26, 2016 | The Link
HIV/AIDS Lecturer Advocates for Safe Injection Sites “Quebec has been, for many years, a beacon of progressive values,” said Dr. M-J Milloy, epidemiologist from the University of British Columbia. This statement comes from a time of reflection during his undergrad at McGill, when he saw Quebec...
Don’t trip out: A case for psychedelic psychotherapy
January 26, 2016 | American Council of Science and Health
LSD, ecstasy (MDMA), Magic mushrooms (psilocybin) and marijuana have, for decades, been designated as drugs of abuse. But there has been a resurgence of interest in utilizing psychedelic/psychoactive substances to treat mental disorders including depression, anxiety, post-traumatic stress disorder a...
Wasted
January 21, 2016 | CBC News
Filmmaker Maureen Palmer set out to make a documentary following her partner Mike Pond – a psychotherapist and an alcoholic five years sober – as he searched for the best new evidence-based addiction treatments. The intent was to help others battling substance use disorders But to the couple’s...
An alcoholic therapist’s search for an evidence-based treatment
January 21, 2016 | Maclean's
Alcoholism nearly killed therapist Michael Pond. Now, he’s looking for answers on why substance-abuse treatment can be so hard to find. Michael Pond is a Vancouver psychotherapist who lost his practice and his family after alcoholism took a hold of his life and nearly killed him. Despite many unsu...
