The latest news articles featuring BC Centre on Substance Use.
BC prisoners seek to expedite addiction-treatment drugs
March 18, 2016 | The Globe and Mail
Four opioid-addicted prisoners are challenging a BC Corrections policy they say impedes swift access to medication that could treat their addictions, putting them at risk of overdose – and death. … Keith Ahamad, an addiction physician at St. Paul’s Hospital and the BC Centre for Ex...
The journey to ending HIV and AIDS
March 15, 2016 | The Concordian
With medicine and harm-reduction techniques, the virus may soon be a thing of the past The last recorded national statistics for those living with HIV/AIDS in Canada reported 2,570 new cases, according to the AIDS Committee of Toronto. As found by national HIV estimates, by the end of 2014 an estima...
Experts warn of link between tranquilizer use, risk of HIV infection among those who inject drugs
March 14, 2016 | News 1130
VANCOUVER (NEWS 1130) – We’ve been reminded time and time again about the dangers of opioids lately – in particular, fentanyl. Now, experts at the BC Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS are uneasy about the possible dangers of another drug. They’re urging doctors to be cautious...
A primer on Vancouver’s safe-injection sites
March 14, 2016 | Metro News
VANCOUVER – A look at Vancouver’s safe-injection sites as Toronto considers the health benefits of integrating supervised injection into existing harm-reduction programs. What exists right now? There are two supervised injection sites in Vancouver. Insite became North America’s fir...
HIV/AIDS lecture series concludes with focus on harm reduction
March 12, 2016 | McGill Daily
On March 10 McGill University hosted the final event of Concordia University’s Community Lecture Series, “Ending HIV/AIDS.” The main speaker was M-J Milloy, an infectious disease epidemiologist and assistant professor at the University of British Columbia and Principal Investigat...
