The latest news articles featuring BC Centre on Substance Use.
‘So much sadness’: more British Columbians dying from overdoses than Covid
August 28, 2020 | The Guardian
Kathleen Radu thought her son was getting better. After three stints in private drug treatment programs, Morgan Goodridge was stable again. His prescription drug-replacement treatments seemed to be working. He had just bought his first car, and hadn’t used street drugs in five months. But on 15 Ju...
Cannabis Offers a Path away from Opioids, BC Studies Find
August 27, 2020 | The Tyee
Four years ago, Scarlett Nelson was sent into a panic when she learned she was pregnant. But the unexpected news gave her the motivation to stop injecting meth and heroin before her baby was born. So Nelson turned to the support that helped her stay in recovery for more than a year before she starte...
Doctor’s pleas go unheard in Ottawa
August 26, 2020 | National Observer
B.C.’s death toll from toxic street drugs continues to skyrocket during the pandemic, with 175 people dead from overdoses in July. It is the third consecutive month with more than 170 overdose deaths, said B.C.’s chief coroner Lisa Lapointe at a press conference on Tuesday. That equates to almo...
Calls for safer supply of drugs as B.C. records 175 overdose deaths in July
August 25, 2020 | The Province
VICTORIA — British Columbia recorded 175 overdose deaths in July as paramedics responded to a record 2,706 non-fatal overdoses, prompting health officials to call for greater access to a safer supply of drugs as a top priority. The province had its highest-ever overdose fatalities in June, with 17...
Cannabis could be a useful form of harm reduction for addicted youth, B.C. study reveals
August 20, 2020 | Victoria News
Cannabis could be a useful harm reduction strategy for young people struggling with addiction, according to new research out of B.C. Two newly published studies from researchers with the BC Centre on Substance Use and the University of British Columbia examined cannabis use behaviours among young pe...
