The latest news articles featuring BC Centre on Substance Use.
Mandatory minimums won’t curtail illicit drugs
April 15, 2010 | The Toronto Star
By Dr. Evan Wood Illicit drugs represent one of the greatest threats to community health, and recent examples of drug-related violence across Canada show the toll continues to mount: A double slaying in picturesque Old Montreal has the hallmarks of a professional hit. Winnipeg police warn of “immi...
Tough on crime’ drug laws
April 06, 2010 | The Vancouver Sun
The BC Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS must be congratulated for its important study demonstrating that Canada’s overemphasis on drug-law enforcement will not reduce drug supply or drug-related violence. Columnist Peter McKnight is right to point out that many governments have an illogical attac...
Methadone is key to effective drug treatment
April 05, 2010 | The Scotsman
As a group of experts in the treatment of opiate-dependent people, we write to express our dismay about the continuing misrepresentation in the media of the evidence on the effectiveness of methadone treatment. The purpose of this treatment for the distressing condition of opiate dependency is perha...
Junior doctor of the year
April 01, 2010 | UBC Public Affairs
Evan Wood has authored more than 300 peer-reviewed papers, supervised 37 graduate students and sits on editorial boards of eight scientific journals. His groundbreaking research has resulted in major revisions in HIV treatment guidelines, demonstrated the benefits of supervised injection facilities,...
Vancouver doctor wins prestigious award
March 31, 2010 | Westender
Despite the federal government’s continued opposition to Insite, the Downtown Eastside facility that offers a medically supervised injection environment for drug users, one of its founding principal investigators has received a top honour from the prestigious British Medical Journal (BMJ) for his ...
