The latest news articles featuring BC Centre on Substance Use.
BC Fails to Slow Rising Deaths from Toxic Drugs
February 09, 2022 | The Tyee
Toxic drugs killed 2,224 people in British Columbia in 2021, the highest number ever, the BC Coroners Service reported today. In November and December — the most deadly months on record with 210 and 215 people dead — an average of seven people died every day. Despite government promises of actio...
Doctors Are Prescribing Fentanyl to Help People Addicted to Opioids
January 28, 2022 | VICE
Over the past 40 years, Jeff Louden has used many different types of opioids, including heroin and fentanyl, and he’s been arrested time and time again because of it. “When you’re sick, there’s not much you won’t do to get better—sell dope, rob banks, break into houses, whatever,” ...
Could a vaccine prevent drug deaths and cure addiction? U.S. research draws mixed reaction in B.C.
January 27, 2022 | CBC News
Some researchers believe vaccines could be a powerful new tool to fight substance use disorder and overdoses, but some experts are expressing caution about the idea. Columbia University neurobiology professor Sandra Comer is one of the leaders of a project developing drug-specific vaccines to produ...
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 ...
