The latest news articles featuring BC Centre on Substance Use.
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...
Tailored care needed for B.C. youth using drugs: Report
December 08, 2022 | Vancouver Sun
Current approaches to treatment for youth using substances aren’t meeting their needs, according to a new report from the B.C. Centre on Substance Use. Many youth expressed suspicion or aversion to “overly medicalized care” such as opioid agonist therapy (OAT), instead preferring care “foc...
