The latest news articles featuring BC Centre on Substance Use.
Informed Pharmacists Are Key for Drug Users. A New Program Will Train Them
July 02, 2021 | The Tyee
Dean Wilson has visited the same pharmacy every day for the last 20 years. The longtime drug reform activist said he’s stayed with the same pharmacist for decades to get his methadone each morning, because he trusts them. “It’s become part of my routine,” Wilson said. Wilson works as a peer-...
‘Immense challenge’: Trying to save the lives of B.C. drug users, hit hard by COVID-19 and the overdose crisis
June 18, 2021 | Vancouver Sun
Christopher composes bluesy funk music in his notebook while waiting for treatment at an addictions clinic in St. Paul’s Hospital. He’s tired of chasing a fentanyl high and grateful for the second chance he’s being offered by the medical staff. “I wouldn’t be alive without it,” Christoph...
Shoppers Drug Mart steps up with UBC, BCCSU to improve addiction treatment and care
June 10, 2021 | Canada NewsWire
TORONTO, June 10, 2021 /CNW/ – Shoppers Drug Mart Inc (“Shoppers Drug Mart”) is stepping up to improve addiction treatment and care for all Canadians by supporting pharmacist training and education led by the British Columbia Centre on Substance Use (BCCSU). A $2 million gift f...
Overlooked, under-analysed: Overdose reversals saving hundreds in B.C.’s opioid crisis
June 10, 2021 | CityNews (News 1130)
VANCOUVER (NEWS 1130) – Gilliana Soto has lost so many loved ones to the opioid crisis. She almost lost herself, too. Her first and last overdose was enough to make her realize she needed to change. “It was like a light switch. It was like, I was losing my kids … I’m still trying to repair t...
BC’s Opioid Substitution System Isn’t a System at All, Say Frontliners
June 08, 2021 | The Tyee
Laura Shaver’s phone rings at all hours. It rings when she and her partner are dealing with mould in their apartment, interrupting texts to their landlord. Calls from Ontario come in at six in the morning, where it’s already an acceptable time to do business but Shaver is still asleep. She’s j...
