The latest news articles featuring BC Centre on Substance Use.
Youth want homes, jobs, friends before treatment for substances
December 12, 2022 | Vancouver is Awesome
Young people struggling with drugs don’t necessarily want treatment before they have the rest of their lives figured out, namely housing, employment and romantic relationships. When they access treatment without dealing with these issues first, leaving treatment often means going back to the socia...
Prison Needle Exchange Program in Canada Has Limitations, Low Participation
December 12, 2022 | Medscape
Canada’s Prison Needle Exchange Program, a syringe distribution program in nine federal correctional institutions, faces major limitations and low participation rates, according to a new report. Based on interviews with people who were formerly incarcerated, the independent report pinpoints ba...
Tailored care needed for B.C. youth using drugs: Report
December 08, 2022 | Vancouver Sun
Current approaches to treatment for youth using substances aren’t meeting their needs, according to a new report from the B.C. Centre on Substance Use. Many youth expressed suspicion or aversion to “overly medicalized care” such as opioid agonist therapy (OAT), instead preferring care “foc...
Canada’s first recovery café up and running in Vancouver
December 02, 2022 | CBC News
A community network for people in recovery is making its first foray into Canada, with Vancouver’s Recovery Café opening its doors on the Downtown Eastside on Sept. 12. The Recovery Café Network was launched in Seattle in 2016 and, according to its website, offers warm, welcoming and hea...
Stopping Rx Opioid Therapy Raises Risk of Overdose
December 01, 2022 | Pain News Network
Discontinuing opioid therapy for people with chronic pain raises the risk of a patient dying from an overdose, according to a new Canadian study that calls for better guidance for healthcare providers on the risks associated with abrupt tapering. Researchers analyzed the medical histories of over 14...
