The latest news articles featuring BC Centre on Substance Use.
HIV meds don’t up IV drug abusers’ risk-taking
August 12, 2010 | Reuters
(Reuters Health) – Despite some concerns to the contrary, IV drug abusers who get drug treatment for HIV do not seem to increase their risky behavior, a new study suggests. In the U.S., injection drug use has directly or indirectly accounted for more than one-third of AIDS cases since the epid...
Scientists speaking up: BC AIDS expert
July 22, 2010 | The Province
Scientists under attack for denouncing the global war on drugs are fighting back, says a University of BC associate professor on the front lines of the battle. Despite mountains of scientific evidence proving the prohibition on drugs such as heroin is a failure, governments in Canada, the U.S. and a...
Experts urge reform of global drug policy
June 28, 2010 | The Associated Press
VIENNA – Policies that criminalize drug users fuel the spread of AIDS and should be reformed, experts preparing for an international conference said Monday. Instead, governments, international organizations and the U.N. should promote policies that include opiate substitution therapy and needl...
Decriminalize drugs, urge BC groups ahead of AIDS conference
June 28, 2010 | The Vancouver Sun
Two Vancouver-based health policy groups are urging international officials to decriminalize drug use. The BC Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS and the International Centre for Science in Drug Policy partnered with the International AIDS Society to release a report Monday arguing that criminalizing ...
War on drugs’ behind endless misery
June 03, 2010 | CNN
(CNN) — The news of intense drug-related violence out of Jamaica is shocking and dreadful but entirely predictable. Wherever the war on drugs touches down, death and destruction result. A recent target is Kingston, Jamaica. When law enforcement attempted to smoke out Christopher “Dudus&#...
