The latest news articles featuring BC Centre on Substance Use.
B.C. Premier announces addiction research centre to fight fentanyl epidemic
September 28, 2016 | Metro News
Premier Christy Clark announces research centre and funding to fight overdose crisis during Union of B.C. Municipalities address. British Columbia will set up an addiction treatment research and training centre to combat the province’s overdose crisis, Premier Christy Clark announced. Clark an...
How the paediatric workforce can address the opioid crisis
September 23, 2016 | The Lancet
About 17 million people worldwide engage in heroin and non-medical prescription opioid use, resulting in a public health emergency with substantial morbidity and mortality.1 In parts of North America and western Europe, overdose deaths have surpassed motor vehicle crash fatalities,2,3 and even the U...
Interview with Dr. Keith Ahamad
September 21, 2016 | CBC
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Cheap and easy: fentanyl test strips show promise as new tool in B.C.’s struggle with overdose deaths
September 21, 2016 | The Georgia Straight
While Insite is still the only bricks-and-mortar location in Vancouver where one can obtain a testing strip for fentanyl, the kits are more easily available than most people know Since mid-July, an experiment at Insite, Vancouver’s supervised-injection facility, has allowed drug users to test ...
‘A major barrier’: Make drugs that prevent fentanyl deaths free, families and experts say
September 16, 2016 | CBC
$12 a day to control cravings and $50 for overdose antidote kit too high, Richmond, B.C., mom says ennifer Molto hates the sound of a ringing phone. “Every morning, I wake up and I think, ‘Is today the day?'” The Richmond, B.C., woman lives in constant fear the next call will be to...
