The latest news articles featuring BC Centre on Substance Use.
Election Call Slows Details of BC’s Promised Safe Supply Expansion
September 25, 2020 | The Tyee
B.C.’s snap election has shut down the flow of information on the government’s promised dramatic expansion of safe drug supply programs to combat the overdose crisis. The new programs, hailed as life-saving by some advocates, were announced Sept. 16 after three of the deadliest months for over...
The Shameful Closure of North America’s Busiest Safe Consumption Site
September 24, 2020 | Filter
We Canadians may like to think of ourselves as more progressive than our southern neighbours when it comes to drug policy. Truth is, we’re only ever one election away from regression and fear-mongering based on stigma, racism and a refusal to acknowledge the evidence behind harm reduction. Althoug...
‘Life-saving and Life-changing’: BC’s Safe Supply Program Gets Major Expansion
September 16, 2020 | The Tyee
Bold changes and a dramatic expansion are coming to safe supply efforts in B.C. in response to an increasingly toxic drug supply and the deadly overdose crisis. Eligibility for safe supply — prescribed untainted drugs or alternatives — will expand to nearly all people who access the street drug...
Overdose crisis affecting more British Columbians than COVID-19: survey
September 11, 2020 | CBC News - BC
A lot has changed in the four years since Michelle Jansen tragically lost her son, Brandon, to a fentanyl overdose. There have been government awareness campaigns, increased funding for treatment centres and a swath of new overdose prevention sites across the province. Those are changes that migh...
Opioid epidemic: The other public health crisis killing Canadians
September 02, 2020 | BBC News
Opioid deaths have been rising again in the shadow of the pandemic, notably in the Canadian province of British Columbia, where overdose casualties have reached historic highs. Is enough being done to end this second public health crisis? Every month or so, Garth Mullins has breakfast with his best ...
