The latest news articles featuring BC Centre on Substance Use.
BC Updates Its Opioid Use Disorder Treatment Guidelines
November 24, 2023 | The Tyee
Doctors in British Columbia have a new set of clinical guidelines for treating opioid use disorder. On Wednesday, the BC Centre on Substance Use published a new set of guidelines, replacing the previous clinical guidelines from 2017. The 2017 guidelines were published around a year after a public h...
B.C. drug recovery homes need investigation and regulation: Moms Stop the Harm
November 23, 2023 | Vancouver Is Awesome
Drug recovery homes and treatment centres in B.C. are operating with little or no government oversight despite getting funding from health authorities — a matter that requires an independent investigation, according to drug policy reform group Moms Stop the Harm. “We’re asking the governme...
VPD executes arrest and search warrant on drug testing operation
November 20, 2023 | The Peak
On November 1, the director and founder of Get Your Drugs Tested, Dana Larsen, was arrested after a search warrant from the Vancouver Police Department (VPD) was executed. The VPD raided Larsen’s three Medicinal Mushroom dispensary locations. He was released without charges or conditions seve...
B.C. doctors, nurses sign open letter in support of Drug User Liberation Front
November 06, 2023 | CityNews Vancouver
Some B.C. doctors and nurses have signed an open letter supporting the Drug User Liberation Front (DULF) in Vancouver, whose founders may be facing drug trafficking charges because of their illegal compassion club program. “I can see folks being worried about speaking out about this issue, but aga...
Hundreds march in support of safe supply following arrests of 2 Vancouver drug activists
November 03, 2023 | CBC News
More than 400 safe supply supporters gathered in Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside Friday to protest the recent arrests of the founders of the Drug User Liberation Front (DULF), which had been distributing a safe supply of illegal drugs in an effort to prevent overdose deaths. Vancouver police...