The latest news articles featuring BC Centre on Substance Use.
Dead inmate had opiate in blood, pills in pants: ‘How come nothing was noticed?’
June 22, 2016 | Metro News
HALIFAX – A Cape Breton man who died in his cell had near-fatal levels of methadone in his blood as he entered the jail and a bag full of pills in his pocket, according to an autopsy report that has raised questions about how jails monitor dangerously intoxicated inmates. … Dr. Evan Wood...
CBC: Interview with Dr. Seonaid Nolan on W-18
June 08, 2016 | CBC News
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BC addictions specialist warns against ‘mass hysteria’ but admits W-18 ‘very scary’
June 08, 2016 | CBC News
A BC addictions expert is warning people not to become hysterical about W-18, but is urging drug users to protect themselves by taking tinytest doses of any opioidthey buy illegally. W-18is a synthetic opioid painkiller developed in Alberta decades ago and abandoned, but now it’s showing up ag...
Among veterans, opioid prescription requests down in step with rise in medical pot
June 06, 2016 | The Globe and Mail
Fewer Canadian veterans have sought prescription opioids and tranquillizers in recent years, while at the same time prescriptions for medical marijuana have skyrocketed. It is not clear whether the two are related, but the trend echoes what researchers have found in U.S. states with medical-cannabis...
New report supports Suboxone as ‘first line of treatment’ for opioid addiction
June 02, 2016 | CKNW
A new report is fuelling the notion that easier access to Subxonecould be the solution to treating opioid addiction. Thenew report by the BC team of Canadian Research Initiative on Substance Misuse is indicating one way to better treat opioid withdrawals is to recognize the Subxone – a combina...
