The latest news articles featuring BC Centre on Substance Use.
Methadone is key to effective drug treatment
April 05, 2010 | The Scotsman
As a group of experts in the treatment of opiate-dependent people, we write to express our dismay about the continuing misrepresentation in the media of the evidence on the effectiveness of methadone treatment. The purpose of this treatment for the distressing condition of opiate dependency is perha...
Junior doctor of the year
April 01, 2010 | UBC Public Affairs
Evan Wood has authored more than 300 peer-reviewed papers, supervised 37 graduate students and sits on editorial boards of eight scientific journals. His groundbreaking research has resulted in major revisions in HIV treatment guidelines, demonstrated the benefits of supervised injection facilities,...
Vancouver doctor wins prestigious award
March 31, 2010 | Westender
Despite the federal government’s continued opposition to Insite, the Downtown Eastside facility that offers a medically supervised injection environment for drug users, one of its founding principal investigators has received a top honour from the prestigious British Medical Journal (BMJ) for ...
Canadians ‘ahead of politicians’ on marijuana laws
March 26, 2010 | The Province
Canadians are ahead of their federal politicians on the issue of liberalizing marijuana laws, according to two high-profile lawmakers from BC With Californians heading to the polls in November to decide whether possession of a small amount of marijuana should be legal, a similar law in Canada is not...
CBC: Interview with Dr. Evan Wood
March 24, 2010 | CBC News
On March 23, the Urban Health Research Initiative at the BC Centre for Excellence in HIV-AIDS released new research about the relationship between police crackdowns and drug violence. Evan Wood is the initiative’s Co-Director. He’s also the co-author of the new report called, Effect of D...
