The latest news articles featuring BC Centre on Substance Use.
A psychedelic trip to recovery: How psychedelics can help treat PTSD
January 20, 2022 | The Ubyssey
The medicinal benefits of psychedelics, including MDMA, are currently being explored by researchers from both UBC campuses. In 2015, The Ubyssey first published an article introducing the potential use of MDMA, also known as ecstasy, to treat symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). In ...
B.C. doctors now able to access MDMA, magic mushrooms for the seriously ill
January 18, 2022 | Vancouver Sun
Seriously ill patients who have exhausted conventional treatments for their mental health now have a new, legal option — psychedelics. The federal government restored doctors’ ability to request access to psilocybin and MDMA this month after eight years of excluding the non-market prescriptions ...
A COVID-19 Intervention Aiding the Mentally Ill and Homeless
January 18, 2022 | Psychiatry Advisor
A search of 19 electronic databases yielded 1 study that described a strategy that met the eligibility criteria of researchers seeking interventions to support self-isolation and mandated COVID-19 quarantine for people with severe and persistent mental illness (SPMI). Their findings were published i...
Opinion: It’s a new year, time for a new approach to end overdose
January 12, 2022 | Vancouver Is Awesome
It’s 2022, but when it comes to drug policy and overdose, it might as well still be 2016 given how little has been done to address overdoses. For that matter, it might as well be 1971, when the war on drugs was first declared by U.S. President Richard Nixon, for all that’s changed in the last ha...
B.C. paramedics, dispatchers responded to record-setting 35,525 overdose calls in 2021
January 12, 2022 | Global News
Paramedics and medical dispatchers in B.C. responded to a record-setting 35,525 overdose calls last year. It’s an increase of 31 per cent from 2020, said BC Emergency Health Services in a Wednesday news release. Surrey saw the greatest increase with a total of 3,674 calls — 50 per cent more...
