The latest news articles featuring BC Centre on Substance Use.
Cheyenne Johnson and Dr. Nel Wieman: Ending the toxic drug crisis means addressing racism, colonialism and the root causes of substance use
September 01, 2021 | The Province
This week, on International Overdose Awareness Day, communities across B.C. and Canada commemorated the thousands of lives lost to drug poisoning — and called for action to end policies that are creating harms around the world. Here in B.C., Tuesday was the sixth International Overdose Awareness D...
More than 1,000 people have died in B.C. from suspected drug toxicity in first half of 2021
August 31, 2021 | Vancouver Sun
Drug toxicity is now the leading cause of death for young people in British Columbia, according to the B.C. Coroners Service, which has recorded at least 1,011 overdose deaths in the first six months of 2021 — the worst first six months of a year ever. B.C.’s chief coroner Lisa Lapointe said thi...
Where They Stand: On the Toxic Drug Crisis
August 27, 2021 | The Tyee
When drug policy advocate Leslie McBain looks through the platforms of Canada’s major political parties, she wonders whether they understand the toxic drug crisis that has killed more than 21,000 Canadians since 2016. “It’s way down the list,” said McBain, one of the founders of Moms Stop t...
Here’s why you’ll soon see chalk body outlines along a major Vancouver street and bridge
August 25, 2021 | Vancouver Is Awesome
A powerful message will be shared right on the sidewalks of one of Vancouver’s major streets with the hopes of initiating more dialogue about B.C.’s ongoing overdose crisis. The group Moms Stop the Harm (MSTH) has plans to leave chalk body outlines in highly visible places in and around ...
B.C. expansion to safe supply a start but ‘still too little too late’
August 23, 2021 | Healthy Debate
Eris Nyx has been on British Columbia’s safe supply since the B.C. Centre on Substance Use (BCCSU) rolled out guidelines for prescribers in the spring of 2020. The guidelines that have become informally known as the first iteration of B.C.’s “safe supply” were – at least in name – what m...
