The latest news articles featuring BC Centre on Substance Use.
War on drugs’ backfiring badly: UBC report
March 23, 2010 | The Province
Canada’s “war on drugs” has done nothing to stop the supply of street drugs and is actually increasing drug-related violence. This is among the controversial findings of a University of BC report, to be released today in Ottawa, that has backing from “across a political spectrum . . . includ...
The war on drugs has become a war against us
March 23, 2010 | The Vancouver Sun
By Peter McKnight When former U.S. president Richard Nixon first used the term “war on drugs” in 1969, it was a mere metaphor. While the term referred to a number of measures ostensibly designed to combat illicit drug use, it in no way signified a real war. It does now. From Colombia to British ...
More policing worsens drug violence: Study
March 23, 2010 | The National Post
In Canadian cities like Montreal, Toronto and Vancouver, one of the most pressing priorities for police is combatting an illegal drug trade that has spawned a rash of gangland violence in recent years. A provocative new report from a BC HIV-research agency, however, suggests that throwing more polic...
More cops, more violence
March 23, 2010 | Maclean's
A new report by the BC Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS says increased policing does nothing to halt the violence that follows the illegal drug trade – in fact, stepping up law enforcement tactics only increases it. According to lead researcher Dr. Evan Wood, the federal Conservatives’ law-and-...
Crackdown leads to violence
March 23, 2010 | The Sault Star
Canada’s march to declare war on drugs flies in the face of a mounting body of research showing police crackdowns can actually boost drug-related violence, according to a new study. A report from the Urban Health Research Initiative of the BC Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS reviewed 15 internati...
