The latest news articles featuring BC Centre on Substance Use.
Three unregulated drug deaths in Coquitlam so far this year: coroners report
July 09, 2026 | Tri-Cities Dispatch
Unregulated drug deaths fell sharply in Coquitlam over the first five months of 2025, mirroring a provincial trend, according to a recent report from B.C. Coroners Service. Coroners reported three unregulated drug deaths in Coquitlam over the first five months of 2026. Over the past four years, unre...
New guidance recommends starting substance use education in kindergarten
June 28, 2026 | CBC News
A new framework to develop guidelines around substance use in schools recommends beginning prevention and education efforts efforts as early as kindergarten. The framework, dubbed Anchoring Change, was developed by a team that comprised academics, addictions researchers and school system administra...
Cannabis Use Linked to Reduced Opioid Use Among People Managing Withdrawal, Study Finds
June 25, 2026 | The Marijuana Herald
A study published today in the Journal of Cannabis Research found that people who used cannabis to manage opioid withdrawal were more likely to reduce their opioid use, especially among those with moderate to severe pain. The study, also available through the National Library of Medicine, was cond...
Comment: Debate about substance-use policy must be grounded in evidence
June 12, 2026 | Times Colonist
A commentary by the executive director of the B.C. Centre on Substance Use and adjunct professor for the school of nursing at UBC; a clinician scientist at the B.C. Centre on Substance Use, division head for Providence Health Care’s interdepartmental division of addiction and associate ...
Meet the ‘hit doctor’: Inside an informal network of drug users trying to stay alive
June 08, 2026 | CBC News
WARNING: This story discusses substance use and the toxic drug crisis. Amid the ongoing toxic drug crisis, an informal network of support has emerged among drug users. Part of this network are individuals referred to by their clients as “doctors” — everyday people with no formal medica...
