The latest news articles featuring BC Centre on Substance Use.
Study: A cleaner illicit drug supply would cut overdose rates
May 26, 2022 | Elliot Lake News
A new study in the Canadian Medical Association Journal (CMAJ) said that providing safe drug substances to addicted drug users might be a solution to the growing number of overdose deaths from the toxic and unregulated supply of street drugs. The study reports that there are safer alternatives ava...
‘Mass poisoning crisis’: Canadians need to change how we talk about drug deaths, advocates say
May 24, 2022 | CBC News
There’s a poisoning crisis gripping Canada, and it’s killing thousands of people each year. It doesn’t involve contaminated meat, lettuce or baby formula – the kinds of safety issues that prompt public concern, product recalls, and holding those responsible to account. It’s...
17 and Hooked on Benzo Dope
May 19, 2022 | VICE
ABBOTSFORD, British Columbia — The first time Carrie smoked “down,” a street name for fentanyl, heroin, and other illegal opioids, she said she was held captive for four days inside a tent by a much older man who’d given it to her. Either 13 or 14 at the time, Carrie, now 17, said the man, w...
O, Canada
May 18, 2022 | KBOO - Free Culture Radio
Highlights from BCSU2022 featuring Dr. Geoff Bardwell, a Research Scientist at the British Columbia Centre on Substance Use (BCCSU); Phoenix Beck-McGreevy, a Peer Support Worker at Family Services of Greater Vancouver; Dr. Andrea Sereda, a family physician with the London InterCommunity Health Cente...
Opinion: The kids are alright… but only when we empower them
May 18, 2022 | Vancouver Is Awesome
I’ve spent the past couple of weeks doing speaking engagements at schools across the Lower Mainland. It’s one of the best things about my job: being able to connect with kids and talk with them about drugs. What I’ve learned over the years from speaking to hundreds of teens is that what th...
