What is the smartest scale for asking clinicians about their training needs? In a new article published by the Journal of Substance Abuse
Closing gap between workforce needs and training provision in addiction medicine
Substance use disorders represent a significant social and economic burden globally. While effective interventions exist, the overall treatment
Do more drug tests improve addiction treatment?
Frequent drug tests in addiction treatment have become a common practice despite proven benefits of such testing. When do tests become the end instead
Updating alcohol Cochrane literature review
Updating Cochrane systematic reviews makes them most useful and fresh for readers. We updated our review on concurrent alcohol and drug problems
Drug court and Addiction, AMERSA conference
Is drug court meeting the need of the most vulnerable people who use drugs? What is the drug court judge’s hardest decision? What is social detox? How
Canadian Society of Addiction Medicine, CSAM conference
Celebrating 30 years of CSAM-SMCA in Vancouver, BC, the conference focused on: Crisis, Controversy & Change. What is the role of education in
Diagnosing opioid addiction in people with chronic pain
Diagnosing opioid addiction in people with chronic pain requires a fully validated alternative to DSM-5. Over the past two decades, a steep rise in
Will this patient go into severe alcohol withdrawal?
New research from the BC Centre on Substance Use (BCCSU) suggests applying easy and effective tool to identify patients at high risk of going into
Addiction social work fellowship launched
Addiction social work fellowship launched! Substance use disorders disproportionately contribute to the global social and economic burden of