Most Vancouver street-involved youth who experiment with injection drugs become regular drug injectors
July 19, 2012
BC Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS study shows that young females more vulnerable to addiction following experimentation Vancouver, B.C. July 19, 2012: An alarming number of Vancouver’s street-involved youth who experiment with injection drugs for the first time quickly progress to become regular injectors, according to a new study from the...
Landmark study: Overdose deaths down 35 percent after the opening of Insite
April 17, 2011
Scientific evidence demands that federal Conservatives drop their opposition to Vancouver’s supervised injection site Vancouver, British Columbia (April 18, 2011) – Illicit drug overdose deaths in Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside declined dramatically after the establishment of Insite, North America’s first supervised injection...
The evidence is clear: Bill S-10 will result in expensive, ineffective sentencing
February 7, 2011
Health, research and academic leaders oppose proposed law’s mandatory minimum prison terms, which do not reduce violence or drug use or improve public health and safety Ottawa and Vancouver – Over 550 health professionals, including more than 260 physicians, researchers, and scientists, from across Canada have voiced clear opposition to...
Drug overdose death rates two to three times higher among First Nations people in British Columbia
January 5, 2011
Recently released five-year study of more than 900 coroner’s case reports shows rate of overdose death even higher among First Nations women Vancouver, British Columbia (January 5, 2011) – Rates of fatal drug overdose are two to three times higher among First Nations people in British Columbia than the general population, according to a...
First-of-its-kind study shows supervised injection facilities can help people quit drugs
September 13, 2010
BC-CfE Study Finds Links Between Insite Use, Addiction Treatment and Stopping Injection Drug Use Vancouver, BC, September 13, 2010 – A study led by researchers at the BC Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS (BC-CfE) at St. Paul’s Hospital and the University of British Columbia has found that supervised injection facilities such as Vancouve...
