The latest news articles featuring BC Centre on Substance Use.
While street drug testing is new to Saskatchewan, in B.C. it’s helped prevent overdoses for years
August 05, 2021 | CTV News Saskatoon
SASKATOON — On Tuesday the provincial government announced it would be funding drug testing strips to detect two potentially deadly substances sometimes found in street drugs. While the drug testing strips are new to Saskatchewan, other jurisdictions such as B.C. have incorporated them into th...
Ending Eviction Moratoriums Means More Drug Users Will Die
August 04, 2021 | VICE
Just before Guy Felicella overdosed for the first time, his dealer warned him to take a lower dose than usual. It was 2013 and fentanyl was beginning to crop up more in Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside, ground zero for Canada’s overdose crisis. “He just told me it’s a really strong batch of dop...
Canadian study finds lesbian, gay and bisexual youth with depression more likely to increase cannabis use
July 20, 2021 | Regina Leader-Post
A Quebec researcher looking at mental health and cannabis among young people found the association between depression and greater weed use was markedly higher in lesbian, gay and bisexual (LGB) than heterosexual youth. LGB youth were more likely to use more cannabis “following an increase in their...
Vancouver Activists Hand Out Drugs, Demand Better Safe Supply Options
July 19, 2021 | Filter
On July 14 Jean Swanson, a city councillor of Vancouver, British Columbia (BC), helped to hand out free heroin during a protest downtown. She joined a group anti-drug war activists who are demanding that BC create a true safe supply of drugs. Members of the Drug User Liberation Front (DULF) and the ...
Researchers launch study into COVID-19 vaccine uptake and efficacy in vulnerable urban populations
July 14, 2021 | UBC News
British Columbia is in the midst of two public health emergencies. While the COVID-19 vaccine rollout continues across the province and country, fatal drug poisonings have been on the rise. Researchers with UBC and the BC Centre on Substance Use (BCCSU)—in partnership with the BC Centre for Diseas...
