The latest news articles featuring BC Centre on Substance Use.
BC funds new addictions research and treatment
August 06, 2014 | The Canadian Press
VANCOUVER – The British Columbia government is boosting funding for addictions research and treatment in the province, with money directed at testing of a drug that can block the effects of heroin and alcohol. Health Minister Terry Lake made the announcement in Vancouver’s St. Paul’...
BC addictions research, treatment funding gets $3 million boost
August 06, 2014 | The Canadian Press
VANCOUVER – The British Columbia government is boosting funding for addictions research and treatment in the province, with money directed at testing of a drug that can block the effects of heroin and alcohol. Health Minister Terry Lake made the announcement in Vancouver’s St. Paul’...
$3 million to help health professionals treat addiction
August 06, 2014 | Newsroom
VANCOUVER – For those British Columbians and their families who are struggling with addiction, more help is on the way with a $3-million investment to expand and support a provincial addiction medicine education and research training program for clinicians, making it the largest in North Ameri...
BC Minister of Health shows support for HIV/AIDS
September 24, 2013 |
Terry Lake, BC’s Minister of Health, showed his support for HIV/AIDS research and treatment and mental health with a personal message and greetings to guests attending this past weekend’s St. Paul’s Hospital Foundation brilliant! fundraiser. For more information click here. Read th...
Injection drug use in Vancouver has been dropping for past 15 years: Study
June 24, 2013 | Metro News
Injection drug use has been declining in Greater Vancouver over the past 15 years, with the exception of injectable crystal methamphetamine, while the prevalence of overall drug use has remained relatively constant, according to a new study. The comprehensive report on the drug situation in Vancouve...
