Category - Opioids

News Releases and Coverage • Opioids • Substance Use

City of Vancouver makes final submission seeking federal exemption to decriminalize simple drug possession

June 2, 2021

News Releases and Coverage • Opioids • Substance Use

Pharmacist-led opioid stewardship programs help bridge the gap between managing pain and minimizing risk

March 19, 2021

Alcohol • Opioids • Research • Substance Use

BCCSU to lead development of Canadian guideline to better treat alcohol use disorder

January 29, 2021

Cannabis • News Releases and Coverage • Opioids • Substance Use

Cannabis could reduce fentanyl use, reduce overdose risk (BCCSU, Drs. Eugenia Socías & M-J Milloy)

December 18, 2020

Cannabis • Opioids • Research • Substance Use

Cannabis could reduce fentanyl use, reduce overdose risk: study

December 17, 2020

Bone • Brain • Nervous System • Opioids • Our Patients • Our People • Substance Use

Stopping pain at its source

December 11, 2020

Opioids • Our Patients • Substance Use

New St. Paul’s Hospital program aims to improve opioid prescribing practices in hospital

November 4, 2020

Anxiety • Brain • Mental Health • News Releases and Coverage • Opioids • Seizures • Substance Use

Popular anti-anxiety medications need stronger warning labels, Health Canada says (Cheyenne Johnson, BCCSU)

November 2, 2020

Cannabis • News Releases and Coverage • Opioids • Substance Use

Cannabis offers a path away from opioids, BC studies find (Dr. M-J Milloy, BCCSU)

August 28, 2020

Alcohol • Opioids • Research • Substance Use

A new approach to treating alcohol use disorder

July 8, 2020