The latest news articles featuring BC Centre on Substance Use.
Decriminalizing drugs may not help rural B.C. users: study
December 27, 2022 | Vancouver Sun
Decriminalizing personal possession of small amounts of certain illegal drugs in B.C. likely won’t help people who live in rural and remote communities, according to a new study conducted for the B.C. Centre for Substance Use. Starting Jan. 31, adults in B.C. will no longer be subject to crimi...
Code Grey: Realities of substance use, opioid epidemic
December 22, 2022 | Energeticcity.ca
With B.C.’s opioid crisis set to enter its seventh year in 2023, there doesn’t seem to be a corner of the province that has gone unaffected by the epidemic. Nor does it discriminate on who its victims are. Unfortunately, many who may struggle with problematic substance use often do so alone due ...
Critics say modular homes for B.C.’s unhoused can be a problem
December 15, 2022 | Vancouver Sun
A day after Premier David Eby announced construction of 90 modular units to help address the housing crisis in Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside, critics said they worry such projects have become the de facto housing solution, as permanent developments await funding. Municipal politicians in Nanaimo a...
Youth want homes, jobs, friends before treatment for substances
December 12, 2022 | Vancouver is Awesome
Young people struggling with drugs don’t necessarily want treatment before they have the rest of their lives figured out, namely housing, employment and romantic relationships. When they access treatment without dealing with these issues first, leaving treatment often means going back to the socia...
Prison Needle Exchange Program in Canada Has Limitations, Low Participation
December 12, 2022 | Medscape
Canada’s Prison Needle Exchange Program, a syringe distribution program in nine federal correctional institutions, faces major limitations and low participation rates, according to a new report. Based on interviews with people who were formerly incarcerated, the independent report pinpoints ba...
