The latest news articles featuring BC Centre on Substance Use.
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...
The Stigma Trap: Mothers and Toxic Drugs
April 01, 2022 | The Tyee
Intimate partner violence and fear their children will be apprehended deter cisgender and transgender women, non-binary and Two-Spirit people from accessing harm-reduction services and increase their risk of dying from toxic drugs, a new study has found. Interviews with 40 mothers and birthing par...
Harm reduction and the overdose crisis in BC
March 18, 2022 | The Peak
For the past two years, BC has been plagued by the COVID-19 pandemic that has resulted in thousands of deaths. However, there are numbers we don’t see often: those of overdose-related deaths. In a faculty lecture hosted by SFU Public Square, Harm Reduction in an Unprecedented Overdose Crisis, Dr...
Why is Canada’s illicit drug supply so deadly and what’s being done about it?
March 18, 2022 | CBC News
Canada’s overdose crisis has worsened during the pandemic, with the number of people dying from illicit drugs soaring to new heights in many provinces. The Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC) says 2020 was the deadliest year for overdose deaths since it started recording the numbers in 2016...
Canada’s opioid crisis: How families of overdose victims are coping
March 14, 2022 | CTV News
Mary Breen spoke about her daughter, Sophie’s overdose death in a moving and honest obituary a few days after her passing on March 4, 2020, in Guelph, Ont. Sophie was deeply loved by those she left behind and despite all the mental and physical pain she faced, she was resilient and did everything...
