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Leading an innovative multidisciplinary program of research, monitoring, evaluation and quality improvement activities to guide health system improvements in the area of substance use.
- 		Dr. Kora DeBeck recipient of two prestigious research awardsMarch 26, 2024 Read moreDr. Kora DeBeck, a research scientist with the BC Centre on Substance Use (BCCSU) and a Distinguished Associate Professor at Simon Fraser University’s School of 
- 		BCCSU welcomes Dr. Sharon Vipler as Acting Executive DirectorJanuary 9, 2024 Read moreDr. Sharon Vipler has been appointed Acting Executive Director of the BC Centre on Substance Use (BCCSU). Dr. Vipler will serve in this role while 
- 		First-of-its-kind, seamless addictions care available in VancouverDecember 4, 2023 Read moreRepublished from BC Government News People with addiction challenges are getting better, seamless treatment and recovery care through the new Road to Recovery initiative at 
- 		New resources to help people with opioid use disorderNovember 22, 2023 Read moreBC clinicians have newly updated clinical guidance to help deliver care for people living with opioid use disorder. The updated provincial Guideline for the Clinical 
- 		Treating high-risk drinking, alcohol use disorder: new Canadian guidelineOctober 16, 2023 Read moreThe first-ever Canadian guideline for treating high-risk drinking and alcohol use disorder (AUD) has been published today in the CMAJ (Canadian Medical Association Journal). Developed in partnership 
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                  Socías ME, Dickhout P, Langlois J, Grant C, Nolan S Extended-release injectable buprenorphine for the treatment of opioid use disorder among individuals at high risk of overdose: the FASTER-BUP udy [sic] Drug Alcohol Depend PubMed
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                  Sandhu M, Thulien M, Eekhoudt CR, Friesen D, Moore E, Ignaszewski M, Bagley S, Motta-Ochoa R, Jenkins E, Fast D Re-making selves and social worlds: experiences of live-in substance use treatment among adolescents experiencing social structural marginalization in Vancouver SSM Qual Res Health Link
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                  Tobias S, Tu A, Shapiro AM, Mérette SAM, Lysyshyn M, Wood E, Buxton JA, Ti L Fentanyl concentrations in unregulated opioids and the blood of drug toxicity decedents AJE Adv Link
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                  Bird J, Tobias S, Grant C, Lysyshyn M, Tupper K, Wood E, Kerr T, Ti L Sharing drug checking results in a Canadian setting: a multi-site analysis Int J Drug Policy PubMed
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                  Esopenko H, Marshall BDL, Lysyshyn M, Grant C, Sherman SG, Wood E, Kerr T, Ti L Impact of having a regular drug dealer on obtaining drug checking results consistent with expectations during a drug toxicity crisis in a Canadian setting Drug Alcohol Depend PubMed

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