The latest news articles featuring BC Centre on Substance Use.
“Everyone else is too afraid”: DULF’s unsanctioned compassion club saves lives
April 08, 2023 | Georgia Straight
Eris Nyx didn’t think she’d be spending her time running a compassion club. “I’m an artist by trade, I’m not a fucking drug dealer,” she says in a phone call with the Straight. “And I certainly don’t like doing math.” And yet, the co-founder of the Drug User Liberation Front (DULF...
B.C. decriminalized drugs. How’s it been going?
April 05, 2023 | The Big Story
In today’s Big Story podcast, at the end of January, British Columbia began a pilot program that decriminalized small amounts of drugs, including cocaine and opioids. It’s the first province-wide program of its kind in Canada and it comes amidst a spiralling overdose crisis. Already, opinions on...
As Nurses, We Oppose BC’s New Paths to Forced Hospitalization
March 31, 2023 | The Tyee
When the minister of health and the minister of mental health and addictions recently announced it had amended B.C.’s Mental Health Act to create a new pathway that allows nurse practitioners to certify involuntary admission and detention, we became concerned. As nurses working in mental health ...
Ask an Expert: Xylazine in our drug supply
March 26, 2023 | Global News Morning BC
A dangerous animal tranquillizer has been spotted in the unregulated drug supply. Jenny Matthews with the BC Centre on Substance Use talks about how it’s putting drug users’ lives in jeopardy, as well as other trends people should be on the watch for....
UBC lab testing new portable drug-checking device
March 16, 2023 | DATAC
A research lab at the University of British Columbia (UBC) is currently testing a new, portable drug-checking device that could help to identify smaller concentrations of drug components. The laboratory, led by Dr. Jason Hein, associate professor in the Chemistry Department, is testing a novel versi...
