The latest news articles featuring BC Centre on Substance Use.
Should youth addicted to drugs be forced into care? Family, advocates divided
April 10, 2022 | Vancouver Sun
Families and advocates of youth addicted to illicit drugs are divided over whether minors should be forced into so-called secure care to stabilize them before longer-term voluntary treatment could be provided. Laws vary across Canada for what amounts to involuntary detox for minors who are sometimes...
Opinion: Two-tiered health system is here – and it’s making the overdose crisis worse
April 08, 2022 | Vancouver Is Awesome
Canadians like to believe that our health care system is the envy of the world: high quality, equitable, and – best of all – free to access. If you look just a little closer, though, the cracks and gaps in our system show, especially when it comes to substance use and addiction. Those gaps revea...
Cannacurious ep # 5: What we really know about cannabis three years into legalization
April 08, 2022 | CKNW - Mornings with Simi
Harm reduction is a tool that meets drug users where they are and can be used to help people that use drugs to stop using. So can cannabis play a role in harm reduction strategies? Eric talked to Professor Dr. Eugenia Socías, Research Scientist with the BC Centre on Substance Use....
Drug users in Vancouver respond to targeted effort to ramp up vaccination rate
April 07, 2022 | Vancouver Sun
Efforts to provide COVID-19 vaccines to as many drug users as possible in Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside have paid off, prompting an advocate to urge communities with similar, vulnerable populations across the country to learn lessons from a targeted, well-resourced approach. Karen Ward said a stud...
Closure of Vancouver youth detox program ‘devastating,’ advocates say
April 01, 2022 | CBC News
Advocates are worried for youth in need of detox treatment after one of the few sites offering non-medical support in Metro Vancouver learned the province is withdrawing its funding. Directions Youth Services in Vancouver was told by the province this week that it will no longer fund the centre...
