The latest news articles featuring BC Centre on Substance Use.
Vancouver Needs a Real Plan for Homeless Youth
December 11, 2023 | The Tyee
The results of Metro Vancouver’s most recent homeless count were just released, and the past three years have seen a 32 per cent increase. This is the largest spike in unsheltered people recorded since 2005. According to the report, approximately eight per cent of those counted are under the age ...
Should Seattle reconsider safe drug-consumption sites? We look at Vancouver’s example
December 10, 2023 | Seattle Times
VANCOUVER, B.C. — As people walk into Overdose Prevention Society in Vancouver, they’re asked two questions: the “tag” they go by and what drug they’re using that day. Chairs are spread throughout the room where people can inject or snort drugs. An outdoor patio in the back where people ...
Pilot project to pay B.C. drug users to go through treatment coming under criticism
December 08, 2023 | CityNews Vancouver
A pilot project that would pay people $20 a day to participate in a drug treatment program out of St. Paul’s Hospital’s Road to Recovery Program is coming under criticism from an advocate in the field. Tyson Singh Kelsall, a Downtown Eastside social worker and health sciences PhD student at SFU,...
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...
