The latest news articles featuring BC Centre on Substance Use.
As Nurses, We Oppose BC’s New Paths to Forced Hospitalization
March 31, 2023 | The Tyee
When the minister of health and the minister of mental health and addictions recently announced it had amended B.C.’s Mental Health Act to create a new pathway that allows nurse practitioners to certify involuntary admission and detention, we became concerned. As nurses working in mental health ...
Ask an Expert: Xylazine in our drug supply
March 26, 2023 | Global News Morning BC
A dangerous animal tranquillizer has been spotted in the unregulated drug supply. Jenny Matthews with the BC Centre on Substance Use talks about how it’s putting drug users’ lives in jeopardy, as well as other trends people should be on the watch for....
UBC lab testing new portable drug-checking device
March 16, 2023 | DATAC
A research lab at the University of British Columbia (UBC) is currently testing a new, portable drug-checking device that could help to identify smaller concentrations of drug components. The laboratory, led by Dr. Jason Hein, associate professor in the Chemistry Department, is testing a novel versi...
Red tape delays construction of Vancouver detox, social housing project approved 4 years ago
March 07, 2023 | Global News
Stakeholders are frustrated a massive detox and social housing project approved by Vancouver city council more than four years ago is being held up by bureaucratic red tape. The concerns come as the BC Coroners Service reports nearly seven people died per day of suspected illicit drug overdoses in...
No, a BC Company Can’t Sell You Cocaine Now
March 06, 2023 | The Tyee
British Columbians who tuned into the news Thursday might have gone to bed that night thinking they could soon be buying cocaine as easily as they can purchase a beer. In question period at the legislature Thursday morning the BC Liberals grilled the government about Langley-based cannabis company A...
