Category - Opioids

Cannabis • News Releases and Coverage • Opioids • Substance Use

Majority of cannabis use in Vancouver’s DTES for therapeutic purposes, may also reduce opioid overdose risk (Dr. M-J Milloy, BCCSU)

May 29, 2020

COVID-19 • Infectious Diseases • Opioids • Substance Use • Virtual Health

PROVIDENCE HEALTH CARE’S OPIOID AGONIST THERAPY GOES DIGITAL

May 12, 2020

News Releases and Coverage • Opioids • Substance Use

UPDATE: Health emergencies: Four weeks for COVID, four years for opioids (Crosstown Clinic)

April 15, 2020

Cannabis • News Releases and Coverage • Opioids • Substance Use

Study: Daily cannabis use lowers odds of using illicit opioids for pain management in drug-using populations (BCCSU)

March 16, 2020

News Releases and Coverage • Opioids • Substance Use

B.C. sees a 36 per cent decrease in overdose deaths, the first drop since 2012 (Dr. Perry Kendall, BCCSU)

February 27, 2020

Cannabis • News Releases and Coverage • Opioids • Substance Use

Science still confused over whether marijuana can tame opioid epidemic (Dr. M-J Milloy, SPH)

December 10, 2019

Cannabis • Digestive Health • GI Disorders • News Releases and Coverage • Opioids • Substance Use

New research suggests daily cannabis use could be effective alternative to opioids for chronic pain (BCCSU)

November 29, 2019

Cannabis • News Releases and Coverage • Opioids • Substance Use

Daily Cannabis Can Cut Illicit Opioid Use For Those With Chronic Pain (Dr. M-J Milloy, BCCSU)

November 29, 2019

Cannabis • Opioids • Research • Substance Use

Daily cannabis use lowers odds of using illicit opioids among people who have chronic pain

November 19, 2019

News Releases and Coverage • Opioids • Substance Use

Q+A: UBC professor shares idea for opioid vending machine on Downtown Eastside (Crosstown Clinic)

September 17, 2019