The latest news articles featuring BC Centre on Substance Use.
Councillor says Yaletown overdose prevention site will be moved, citing ‘safety issues’
April 27, 2023 | CTV News Vancouver
A life-saving service for people who use drugs continues to be a source of controversy for residents of a Vancouver neighbourhood and one local politician is saying the overdose prevention site should and will be moved. Two years ago, an Overdose Prevention Site was opened at 1100 Seymour St., provi...
Shutting Down Cannabis Compassion Clubs Hurts Patients and the Public
April 20, 2023 | The Tyee
Canadian courts have long recognized the constitutional right of people to consume cannabis to manage health conditions and symptoms. In 2001, following the landmark Ontario court decision in R. v. Parker, a federal medical cannabis program was created to ensure that people who medicate with cannab...
‘Decampment isn’t a solution to anything’: Report looks at toll of eviction on people who use drugs
April 15, 2023 | CTV News Vancouver
VANCOUVER – A new report is providing insight into the impact people who use drugs face after an eviction. The report titled, “It’s no foundation, there’s no stabilization, you’re just scattered”: A qualitative study of the institutional circuit of recently-evicted peopl...
“Everyone else is too afraid”: DULF’s unsanctioned compassion club saves lives
April 08, 2023 | Georgia Straight
Eris Nyx didn’t think she’d be spending her time running a compassion club. “I’m an artist by trade, I’m not a fucking drug dealer,” she says in a phone call with the Straight. “And I certainly don’t like doing math.” And yet, the co-founder of the Drug User Liberation Front (DULF...
B.C. decriminalized drugs. How’s it been going?
April 05, 2023 | The Big Story
In today’s Big Story podcast, at the end of January, British Columbia began a pilot program that decriminalized small amounts of drugs, including cocaine and opioids. It’s the first province-wide program of its kind in Canada and it comes amidst a spiralling overdose crisis. Already, opinions on...
