The latest news articles featuring BC Centre on Substance Use.
The Science Behind THC Caps Is Inadequate, Says Epidemiologist Dr. M-J Milloy
September 29, 2021 | Cannabis Health
As the popularity of cannabis grows, so too does the call for limiting tetrahydrocannabinol (THC). THC is the only cannabinoid with any intoxicating punch, and it’s long been demonized as risky, if not outright dangerous. Because of these long-standing assumptions, some are calling for THC caps as...
Sniffing out the truth about poppers
September 21, 2021 | Xtra Magazine
Poppers are having a moment. No, not just because Erin O’Toole, the Conservative Party leader, unexpectedly talked them up at an election presser last month. Rather, O’Toole and his party’s newfound support for these little bottles of nitrate are the political ripple of a broader cultural wav...
AMS plans to distribute 250-500 fentanyl testing strips to students
September 17, 2021 | The Ubyssey
The AMS plans to distribute strips to help students test their drugs for fentanyl as the overdose crisis in BC continues and the street drug supplies become increasingly potent and unpredictable. Fentanyl, a powerful opioid, has contributed to at least 85 per cent of the more than 2,700 overdose dea...
With rising overdoses, British Columbia expands experimental prescription initiative
September 10, 2021 | PRI
The Canadian province of British Columbia was already years into a public health emergency when COVID-19 arrived: deadly drug overdoses. A main driver has been the quality of street drugs, which increasingly contain even more potent opioids analogs, like fentanyl, or other substances, like animal t...
An estimated 17 Canadians die every day from an opioid overdose. Here’s how the federal political parties plan to tackle the crisis
September 07, 2021 | Toronto Star
Each day since the federal party leaders hit the campaign trail last month, an estimated 17 Canadians have died from an accidental drug overdose. And more than 21,000 Canadians died of accidental overdoses between 2016, when B.C. declared a public health emergency, and December 2020, according to st...
