The latest news articles featuring BC Centre on Substance Use.
B.C. Premier David Eby unveils promised ‘road to recovery,’ seamless addiction treatment program
December 04, 2023 | Vancouver Sun
The B.C. government Monday unveiled the first instalment of the road to recovery seamless addiction treatment model it promised in March. The program has 34 beds, between detox and transition treatment, that has taken in 94 patients since it began in September. Patients who desire help get in by cal...
Pilot project to pay B.C. drug users to go through treatment
December 04, 2023 | Global News
A B.C. substance use treatment program is piloting an innovative approach to helping users kick drugs: Paying them. The pilot, set to begin in 2024, will operate out of the Road to Recovery Program at St. Paul’s Hospital in Vancouver, and is being privately funded through a $500,000 gift from an a...
BC Updates Its Opioid Use Disorder Treatment Guidelines
November 24, 2023 | The Tyee
Doctors in British Columbia have a new set of clinical guidelines for treating opioid use disorder. On Wednesday, the BC Centre on Substance Use published a new set of guidelines, replacing the previous clinical guidelines from 2017. The 2017 guidelines were published around a year after a public h...
B.C. drug recovery homes need investigation and regulation: Moms Stop the Harm
November 23, 2023 | Vancouver Is Awesome
Drug recovery homes and treatment centres in B.C. are operating with little or no government oversight despite getting funding from health authorities — a matter that requires an independent investigation, according to drug policy reform group Moms Stop the Harm. “We’re asking the government t...
VPD executes arrest and search warrant on drug testing operation
November 20, 2023 | The Peak
On November 1, the director and founder of Get Your Drugs Tested, Dana Larsen, was arrested after a search warrant from the Vancouver Police Department (VPD) was executed. The VPD raided Larsen’s three Medicinal Mushroom dispensary locations. He was released without charges or conditions seve...
