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BC Addiction Conference & Research Day 2016
MAY 25, 2016 Full conference
New article out now: Time to confront the iatrogenic opioid addiction
The Medical Post May 2, 2016 CanadianHealthcareNetwork.ca OPINION by: JAN KLIMAS Time to confront iatrogenic opioid addiction Canada has
New study out now: Replacing heroin with alcohol upon entry to methadone?
April 4: Methadone is a medication used in treatment of people with dependence from heroin or other opioids. Many people who take it drink too much
ART SONG: the new frontier concert on Apr 9, 2016
Come and listen to poems turned into songs by UBC music students. Sammy Shatner turned my poem Silence into a beautiful song. Saturday, April 9th |
New review out now: Epilepsy drug fails crack addiction
This review asked whether a drug for epilepsy seizures – Topiramate - can help treat cocaine addiction, reduce cocaine use and prolong treatment
New paper out now: Primary care distributes life-saving medication for 17 years
The year was 1996 and Ireland was recovering from a recent heroin epidemic. Methadone, a medical replacement drug for heroin, was jut making its way
Reducing drinking in illicit drug users: an impact story @COMETinitiative
Research impact is often hard to prove. It takes years before our findings change the world and the change is often small. This new abstract
Irish doctors trained to save by the nose
Can junior doctors learn to spray a life-saving medication into noses of people who overdosed on opioids? A new study from Ireland attempted to answer