CISUR in the News
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May
- Experts concerned with safe supply review from province (Bernie Pauly on CityTV News)
- More than 500 'completely preventable' drug OD deaths confirmed in Toronto for second consecutive year (Gillian Kolla in the Toronto Star)
- People in Ontario look to B.C decriminalizing illicit drugs (Gillian Kolla on Here and Now Toronto)
April
- Les drogues sécuritaires, le nouveau front d’une guerre idéologique (Gillian Kolla in Radio-Canada)
- Record de surdoses mortelles : est-il temps de fournir des drogues moins toxiques? (Gillian Kolla in Radio-Canada)
- ‘We’re Saving Lives, and Being Punished for Doing It’ (Marilou Gagnon in the Tyee)
- Commentary: 4/20: Cannabis could be safe alternative to toxic drug supply, so why is access being cut off? (Marilou Gagnon in the Georgia Strait)
March
- Incidents of alcohol-related harm also rose in Canada during the pandemic (Adam Sherk on A Little More Conversation)
- Safe-supply pilot project findings promising, but advocates say more action needed (Gillian Kolla in Canadian Press)
- Storefront drug-checking service aims to help drug users make informed choice, not tell people what to do (Bruce Wallace and the Vancouver Island Drug Checking Project in the Times Colonist)
- Changes in illicit drug supply offer challenges for Victoria researchers (Bruce Wallace in Victoria News)
- Safer supply of opioids saves lives: Providing alternatives to toxic street drugs (Gillian Kolla in the Conversation)
February
- L'année 2021 a été une année record pour les décès par surdose en C.-B. (Marilou Gagnon on Radio-Canada)
- NDP MLAs quit legislative committee tasked with studying opioid safe supply programs (Gillian Kolla on CBC News)
- The Buzz Q&A: Why you might be wrong about minimum unit pricing (Tim Stockwell for the Buzz.ie)
- Alcohol pricing: What it’s like to live in a Scandi drink monopoly (Tim Stockwell fo the Buzz.ie)
January
- Alcohol can cause cancer, so why don't most Canadians know that? (Tim Sockwell on CBCs The National)
- 'I don't think anybody is safe from this': Courtenay overdose calls more than double (Bruce Wallace in the Times Colonist)
- Alcohol should have cancer warning labels, say doctors and researchers pushing to raise awarenes of risk (Tim Stockwell on CBC News)
- Benzodiazepines 'a major problem' in illicit drug supply (Bruce Wallace in CBC News)
- Will overdose deaths force an end to the US ‘war on drugs’? (Jaime Arredondo in Daily UK News/Finacial Times)
December
November
- What Does Massive Fentanyl Seizure Say About US-Mexico Security Relations? (Jaime Arredondo for Insight Crime)
- Study: Fatal crashes involving alcohol haven't waned since cannabis legalization (Tim Naimi in ForBoston Business Journal)
- U.S.-Canadian researchers say car crash deaths involving cannabis on the rise in the U.S (Tim Naimi in the Province)
- Alcoholic beverages need labels with calorie counts, Manitoba group say (Adam Sherk in CBC Manitoba)
- New study shows no increase in car crash injuries after marijuana legalized (Russ Callaghan in the Province)
October
- ‘We’re at the crossroads’: MPs, experts hail timely creation of new mental health and addictions minister (Karen Urbanoski at the Hill Times)
- Canada is getting a mental health and addictions ministry. What’s needed to make it work? (Karen Urbanoski in Global News)
September
- An estimated 17 Canadians die every day from an opioid overdose. Here’s how the federal political parties plan to tackle the crisis (Gillian Kolla in the Toronto Star)
- Crise des opioïdes : des solutions du terrain pour les partis fédéraux (Gillian Kolla in Radio-Canada)
- Island Health, BC Housing working to find isolation sites as COVID-19 spreads through street community (Bernie Pauly in CHEK News)
- Nursing professor concerned with health officials' lack of preparation for COVID in supported housing (Bernie Pauly on CBC's All Points West)
- OPINION: ‘We need concrete actions, now’—A letter from Victoria front-line healthcare and service workers (Marilou Gagnon in Capital Daily)
- Victoria mayor says housing, not 24/7 camping should be available to homeless COVID-19 patients (Bernie Pauly on CHEK News)
August
July
- B.C. expands safe supply to curb overdose crisis death toll (Bernie Pauly in Canadian Press)
- As Vancouver allows drinking public parks, it remains illegal in Greater Victoria (Tim Naimi on CHEK News)
- Drinking in parks (Tim Naimi on CBC's BC Today)
- P.E.I. alcohol sales rose in 2020, despite record low visitor numbers (Tim Stockwell on CBC PEI)
- Opinion: Daphne Bramham: When it comes to drug policy, politicians aren't following the evidence (Tim Naimi and Tim Stockwell in the Vancouver Sun)
June
- Research Adds to Weight of Evidence on People Checking Drugs They Sell (Bruce Wallace and Gillian Kolla in Filter
- Public shaming, hate perpetuates further substance use: UVic researcher (Karen Urbanoski in Black Press)
- Cheaper, more potent cannabis found in B.C. government-run stores: study (Tim Naimi in Canadian Press)
- UVic study finds cannabis has become cheaper, more potent since legalization in 2018 (Tim Naimi in Black Press)
- B.C. has seen over 850 deaths from drug overdoses in 2021, most ever reported in the first five months of a year (Bruce Wallace in CHEK News)
May
April
- Some concerns are being raised about the B.C. government's plan for clearing homeless campers from public parks by the end of the month (Bernie Pauly on CBC Victoria)
- Five years into the overdose crisis, Victoria's street drugs are stronger than ever (Bruce Wallace in the Capital Daily)
- Op Ed: Why Does BC’s Budget Give Short Shrift to Safe Supply? (Marilou Gagnon in the Tyee)
- Budget provincial en Colombie-Britannique : 5 choses à surveiller (Marilou Gagnon in Radio Canada)
- 'Dying a slow death': Father appeals for destigmatization of drug use amid overdose crisis (Bruce Wallace in the Times Colonist)
March
- Should Your Cocktail Carry a Cancer Warning? (Tim Naimi in the New York Times)
February
January
- Canadian Research on Marginalized Groups (Cecilia Benoit in The Future Economy)
- New U.S. Dietary Guidelines Unveiled: Here’s What’s Changed and What’s Stayed the Same (Tim Naimi in Everyday Health)
- ‘It’s very alarming’: Ontario seeing unprecedented spike in stimulant-drug deaths (Gillian Kolla in TVO)
- Expert draws link between Ontario's support of liquor industry, high impaired driving numbers (Tim Stockwell in CBC Thunder Bay)
- Pallister Government’s Liquor Privatization Plan Will Strain Manitoba’s Healthcare System, Health Experts Warn (Tim Stockwell in PressProgress)
- Canada’s drinking problem: why alcohol is the new cigarette (Tim Stockwell and Adam Sherk in the Globe and Mail)
- BC Today: Changing Your Relationship with Alcohol (Tim Naimi on CBC BC)
- Dry January (Tim Naimi on CBC Ontario)
December
- Less than half of Americans know that alcohol is a carcinogen. Big Booze wants to keep it that way. (Tim Stockwell in The Counter)
- Is Dry January worth it? (Tim Stockwell in BBC Science Focus)
- Are there health benefits to #DryJanuary, or does it just promote binging when it’s over? (Tim Stockwell in Toronto Star)
- Alcohol consumption spiked during spring lockdown: UVic study (Tim Stockwell in Times Colonist)
- UVic study shows British Columbians are drinking more during pandemic (Tim Stockwell in CTV News)
- Lifesaving drug test not available to users on Vancouver Island (Bruce Wallace in Capital Daily)
- Health Canada seizes dozens of illegal products from Edmonton adult store (Kiffer Card in Edmonton Journal)
November
- How Better Toxic Drug Alerts Could Save Lives (Bruce Wallace in the Tyee)
- Give More Chronic Drinkers Safe Doses of Alcohol, Say Researchers (Bernie Pauly and Meaghan Brown in The Tyee)
- What should N.W.T.'s alcohol strategy include? Experts weigh in (CISUR research in CBC North)
- Opinion: Why NDP Should Drop Its Youth Overdose Bill (Marilou Gagnon in The Tyee)
- The secret blacklist intended to keep Victoria sex workers safe (Cecilia Benoit in Capital Daily)
- Study shows cannabis use leads to reduction in alcohol use, but are we just swapping one vice for another? (Tim Stockwell in Toronto Star)
October
- UVic study suggests setting minimum alcohol price could reduce deaths, hospital visits (Adam Sherk on CTV News)
- Alberta Government Rejects Safe Supply, Bets Heavily on Abstinence (Gillian Kolla in Filter)
- Minimum alcohol pricing could reduce alcohol-linked deaths in Canada (Adam Sherk in New Scientist Magazine)
- Meet the winners of the 2020 Canada Council Killam Prizes (Cecilia Benoit on CBC's Ideas)
- Focus on innovation, not alcohol, key to survival for restaurants: experts (Tim Stockwell in Canadian Press)
- How one Ontario city is tackling homelessness and the opioid crisis (Gillian Kolla on TVO)
September
- Comment: Having a home is a basic human right (Bernie Pauly in Times Colonist)
- COVID-19 Could Make 2020 Canada's Worst Year for Overdoses (Gillian Kolla in Vice)
- British Columbia pioneers programme to offer safer alternatives to street drugs (Marilou Gagnon in The Guardian)
- Delivery of prescription opioids saving lives, says Victoria pharmacy (Bernie Pauly in Times Colonist)
- Trudeau says focus is on safe supply, not decriminalization as overdose deaths spike (Gillian Kolla in Globe and Mail)
August
- Advocates sound alarm as opioid-related overdose deaths spike in Toronto (Gillian Kolla in Toronto.com)
- Advocates say changes in criminal prosecution of illicit drugs is step forward, but decriminalization is needed (Gillian Kolla on CTV News)
- Victoria pushes to prioritize housing for those who have been in town longer than a year (Bernie Pauly on CBC News)
- Deadlier drug mix deepens crisis; naloxone not effective against new substances (Bruce Wallace in Times Colonist)
- The big rise in small beer is the beginning of the end for hangovers (Tim Stockwell in Wired UK)
- Uncorking the truth about moderate drinking… as virus crisis sees many of us reaching for the bottle (Adam Sherk in Daily Mail)
- Government-sanctioned safe supply not enough to get some off fentanyl-laced street drugs (Bruce Wallace on CBC News)
July
- Sex workers left with nothing during crisis (Cecilia Benoit on CTV Montreal)
- Central Saanich council spills plans for alcohol in public parks (Adam Sherk in Black Press)
- Should We Be Drinking Less? (Tim Stockwell in the New York Times)
- Indigenous People Don’t Feel Safe Accessing Health Care. Here’s What Has to Change (Bernie Pauly in the Tyee)
- Substance use costs and harms (Tim Stockwell on the Jill Bennett show; starts at 13:26)
- Justin Trudeau Won’t Decriminalize Drugs, Despite Record Overdose Deaths in B.C. (Gillian Kolla in Vice)
June
- ‘I feel shock, I feel horror’: B.C. records highest-ever monthly total of overdose deaths (Bernie Pauly on CHEK News)
- Alcohol-related hospitalizations stubbornly high in Saskatchewan (Tim Stockwell in the Star Phoenix)
- 20 Questions with Stephenville's Cecilia Benoit (Cecilia Benoit in the Chronicle Herald)
- 'No more than one drink per day': Scientists claim even consuming alcohol within weekly 'low-risk' guidelines can harm your health (Adam Sherk in the Daily Mail)
- New study suggests drinking guidelines be reduced to maximum one a day (Adam Sherk in the Globe and Mail)
- Editorial: Let’s face it, Canada: Even drinking in moderation can be dangerous (Adam Sherk in the Globe and Mail)
- Pandemic Brings Renewed Focus to Sex Workers’ Rights (Cecilia Benoit in the Tyee)
May
- B.C. alcohol sales increase, along with concerns in pandemic (Tim Stockwell in the Times Colonist)
- Booze on the Beach: As Vancouver Eyes Looser Rules, an Expert Warns of Risks (Tim Stockwell in the Tyee)
- UVic sociologist among $100K Killiam Prize winners for work on health-care inequities (Cecilia Benoit in the Times Colonist/Canadian Press)
- COVID-19: How mainstream-media coverage of pandemic crime rates is getting it wrong (Marilou Gagnon in the Georgia Straight)
- ‘They do need to leave’: Deadline day for Victoria homeless camps on Pandora, Topaz (Bernie Pauly on CHEK News)
- Coronavirus: why managed alcohol programmes are essential for problem drinkers who are homeless (CMAPS in the Conversation UK)
- Booze industry brouhaha over Yukon warning labels backfired, study suggests (Kate Vallance on CBC North)
- Warning labels on cans and bottles helps curb drinking, B.C. study suggests (Tim Stockwell on Global News)
- Warning labels led to reduced sales at Whitehorse liquor store, study finds (Kate Vallance in Yukon News)
- Yukon Alcohol Labels (Tim Stockwell on CBC's As it Happens, starts at 49:20)
- Daphne Bramham: Cheers! Raising the price of alcohol could help pay for our COVID debt hangover, and keep us healthier (Tim Stockwell in Vancouver Sun/Postmedia)
April
- Without Safe Supply, Moving Homeless People into Hotels Could Kill (Marilou Gagnon in the Tyee)
- Tent-city deaths illustrate how crises are taking toll on Victoria’s homeless (Bernie Pauly in the Times Colonist)
- ‘Our system is broken’: COVID-19 pandemic could make opioid crisis more deadly, say scientists (Bernie Pauly on CHEK News)
- University of Victoria researchers say booze sales should be restricted, not encouraged
- (Bernie Pauly and Tim Stockwell in Black Press)
- BC Moved to Enable an Opioid ‘Safe Supply’ on the Streets. How’s that Going? (Bernie Pauly in the Tyee)
- COVID-19: Let’s prevent, not chase, the illness for those who are unsheltered and inadequately housed (Bernie Pauly and Marilou Gagnon in the Georgia Straight)
- Limit alcohol supply during pandemic to reduce burden on front-line workers (Tim Stockwell on CBC North)
- It’s a Risky Time for People with Substance Use Issues (Bernie Pauly and Tim Stockwell in the Tyee)
- Regards #3 : Sans abris et Covid 19, une double crise de santé publique (Marilou Gagnon on Radio Victoria)
- Comment: Governments failing to embrace measures for virus, homeless (Bernie Pauly and Marilou Gagnon in Times Colonist)
- Liquor sales shoot up 40% in B.C. during COVID-19 (Tim Stockwell on CHEK News)
March
- Coronavirus isolation boredom making you drink more? This habit will help you stay healthy (Tim Stockwell in ABC News Life)
- How 'essential' are liquor stores, really? (Tim Stockwell in Regina Leader-Post)
- N.W.T. alcohol strategy won't work without community support, says MLA (Canadian Alcohol Policy Evaluation in CBC North)
- Are we really ... drinking less? Or why White Claw's arrival means more bad news for brewers (Tim Stockwell in PostMedia)
February
January
- Hawking heavy drinking (Tim Stockwell in Inside the Jar)
- Yep, doing Dry January really will make you healthier (for a while) (Tim Stockwell in Wired UK)
- Half of US Cancer Survivors Drink Alcohol (Tim Stockwell in Medscape Medical News)
- Researcher says only 25% of Canadian drinkers know alcohol causes cancer. A B.C. campaign wants to change that (Adam Sherk in CBC British Columbia)
- There's a 'range of benefits' to participating in a dry January, says researcher (Adam Sherk in CBC British Columbia)
December
- No one is monitoring deaths inside Vancouver's supportive-housing projects and the numbers are going up (Marilou Gagnon in the Georgia Straight)
- Recovering alcoholic urges rethink on beer in grocery stores (Adam Sherk in CBC New Brunswick)
- Prescription Alcohol Can Help Problem Drinkers (Bernie Pauly in Elemental by Medium)
November
- Do you know what constitutes a standard drink by Canada’s alcohol guidelines? (Tim Stockwell in the Toronto Star)
- Kanada wagt das Cannabis-Experiment (Tim Stockwell in Switzerland's Neue Zürcher Zeitung)
October
- Is It ‘Last Call’ for Unlabelled Alcohol? (Adam Sherk in Research2Reality)
- It’s Time to End Canada’s Simplistic Approach to Drug Policy (Karen Urbanoski, Marilou Gagnon, James Fraser and Stephanie Arlt in The Tyee)
- Canada needs an Alcohol Act to address the damage caused by this deadly carcinogen (Tim Stockwell in The Conversation Canada)
- British Columbians drinking less for the first time in nearly a decade (Tim Stockwell in PostMedia)
- Knowing who uses cannabis is key for public policy, says researcher (Russ Callaghan in CBC BC)
September
- B.C. and Yukon Association of Drug War Survivors calls for heroin buyer clubs (Bruce Wallace in Canadian Press)
- How to talk to your kids about your cannabis use (Dan Reist in Cottage Life)
- Cribsheet, Dinosaur Mummy, Maud Lewis, Unhealthy Alcohol (Tim Stockwell on Constant Wonder podcast)
- Majority of homeless support workers are women: Statistics Canada Report (Cecilia Benoit in Black Press)
August
- Thousands of B.C. nurses call for the province to save lives by decriminalizing drugs (Marilou Gagnon in the Georgia Straight)
- Pic de surdoses à Victoria (Marilou Gagnon in Radio-Canada)
- Trees Cannabis closures impact pain management for regular customers (Marilou Gagnon in Black Press)
- Drug checking takes on elevated role as illicit fentanyl sweeps country and fuels surge in overdose deaths (Bruce Wallace in the Globe and Mail)
- Canadian drinkers get 10% of their daily calories from alcohol, study finds (Adam Sherk in CBC BC)
- Oklahoma ruling in opioid lawsuit gives new hope to Canadians seeking billions from Big Pharma (Justin Sorge/CSUCH in TorStar)
- How many calories in a drink? Researchers say alcohol labels should spell it out (Adam Sherk in Canadian Press)
- How many calories in a drink? You might be surprised (Adam Sherk in Times Colonist)
July
- Vancouver police fentanyl seizures more than doubled in 2018 (Bernie Pauly in the Vancouver Sun)
- Hip and sober: the mocktail generation (Tim Stockwell on CBC Health)
- Women, young adults visiting the ER for alcohol-related issues in growing numbers (Tim Stockwell on Global News/MSN.ca)
- Alcohol-related ER visits are on the rise — and it's the tip of a very large iceberg (Tim Stockwell on Ottawa Citizen/PostMedia)
- Opinion: Safe consumption sites are key part of our health-care system (Marilou Gagnon in the Calgary Herald/PostMedia)
- Super Awesome Science Show: Mixology (Tim Stockwell on the Super Awesome Science Show podcast)
- Can Beer Be Wellness? (Adam Sherk on Elemental by Medium)
June
- Alcohol main cause of substance-related deaths in hospital (Tim Stockwell in Canadian Press)
- UNBC researcher leads study on cannabis-impaired driving (Russ Callaghan in Black Press)
- Yellowknife councillors reject looking into restricting liquor sales, changing store hours (Tim Stockwell and CAPE in CBC)
May
- More Canadians hospitalized per day for health conditions and injuries caused by alcohol or drugs than for heart attacks and strokes combined: report (Tim Stockwell and CAPE in the Globe and Mail)
- Study finds B.C.’s regulation of alcohol is second-best in the country but still far from great (CAPE Project in Black Press)
- Daphne Bramham: Alcohol, not opioids, is Canada's biggest drug problem (CAPE Project/CISUR research cited in Vancouver Sun/PostMedia column)
- How Much Alcohol Can You Drink Safely? (Tim Stockwell in the New York Times)
April
- B.C. gets near failing grade on implementing policies to reduce impacts of alcohol use, study says (Tim Stockwell on CHEK News)
- Ontario's proposed alcohol policies will increase harms, researchers say (CAPE Project in CBC/Canadian Press)
- BC alcohol policy report card (Tim Stockwell on CBC Vancouver's Early Edition; segment starts at 2:41:45)
- Trial project to test drugs for fentanyl gets $1.7M (Bruce Wallace in the Times Colonist)
- Drug-checking program in Victoria aims to prevent overdose deaths (Bruce Wallace on CBC Victoria)
- Alcohol on BC Ferries (Tim Stockwell on CBC Radio's BC Today)
- B.C. overdose prevention sites should be template for others, report says (Bruce Wallace in Vancouver Star/Canadian Press)
- The promise of — and problems with — 12-step programs (Karen Urbanoski on TVO Online)
- B.C. school district seeks to educate students about vaping risks (Tim Stockwell on CBC BC)
March
- Pills can help people control risky drinking, so why aren't doctors prescribing them? (Tim Stockwell in the Vancouver Sun/Postmedia)
February
- Territories get failing grades on curbing alcohol harms: study (Tim Stockwell on CBC North)
- Abundance of booze costing B.C. money and lives, researcher says (Tim Stockwell in the Vancouver Star)
- Alcohol policies fizzle for Canadian governments as harms overflow: reports (Tim Stockwell in the National Post/Canadian Press)
- OpEd: Find solutions to build safer community (Bernie Pauly and Marilou Gagnon in the Times Colonist)
- New impaired-driving laws put specific limits on range of drugs (Tim Stockwell and Scott Macdonald in the Times Colonist)
- B.C.'s lead role on overdose prevention sites a life-saver: study (Bernie Pauly and Bruce Wallace in the Times Colonist)
January
- You Might Have a Drinking Problem — And Not Even Know It (Tim Stockwell in Chatelaine)
- New year, no beer: Dry January's increasing popularity offers benefits, researchers say (Tim Stockwell on CBC BC)
- Is Dry January worth it? The pros and cons of cutting out alcohol (Tim Stockwell on Global News Online)
December
- 12/18/2018 - Video/article: Scott Macdonald on impaired driving (Saanich News)
- 12/18/2018 - TV interview/article: Tim Stockwell on new impaired driving laws (CHEK News)
November
- 11/05/2018 - Article: Tim Stockwell on women and alcohol (Yahoo Style)
- 11/05/2018 - Article: Tim Stockwell on the rise of #WineMom (Today's Parent)
- 11/14/2018 - Article/TV interview: Tim Stockwell on the cost of substance use in BC (Global News)
- 11/14/2018 - Article/radio interview: Tim Stockwell on the cost of substance use in the North (CBC North)
- 11/14/2018 - Article: Bernie Pauly on drug decriminalization (Victoria News)
- 11/19/2018 - Article: Bernie Pauly on safe drug supply (Black Press)
- 11/26/2018 - Article: Tim Stockwell on drinking in cold climates (MSN.com/Global News)
October
- 10/14/2018 - Article: CMAPS study cited in story on DTES managed alcohol program (Vancouver Sun)
- 10/16/2018 - TV interview: Tim Stockwell on cannabis legalization (CHEK News)
- 10/16/2018 - TV interview: Tim Stockwell on cannabis legalization (CTV News)
- 10/17/2018 - Article: Tim Stockwell on alcohol laws in Canada (The Walrus Magazine)
- 10/28/2018 - Op-ed: Bernie Pauly on affordable housing (Times Colonist)
- 10/29/2018 - Article: Adam Sherk on International Model of Alcohol Harms and Policies (InterMAHP) (Black Press)
September
- 09/08/2018 - Article: Karen Urbanoski and Dan Reist on 12-step addiction treatment (CBC News)
- 09/11/2018 - Article: Tim Stockwell named to Royal Society of Canada (Times Colonist)
August
- 08/10/2018 - Article: Tim Stockwell on buck-a-beer in Ontario (Global News)
- 08/17/2018 - Open letter: Bernie Pauly on tent cities (The Tyee)
July
- 07/18/2018 - Article: Tim Stockwell on decline in alcohol consumption amongst young people (Vancouver Magazine)
- 07/17/2018 - Article: Bernie Pauly on discrimination in tent cities (Black Press)
- 07/03/2018 - Article: Bernie Pauly on Managed Alcohol Programs (Sunday Post, Scotland)
June
- 06/28/2018 - Article: Cecilia Benoit on her Pierre Elliot Trudeau Foundation Fellowship (Times Colonist)
- 06/26/2018 - Article: Tim Stockwell on the Canadian Substance Use Cost and Harms (CSUCH) report (Canadian Press)
- 06/14/2018 - Radio interview: Bernie Pauly on BC's overdose crisis (CFAX 1070)
May
- 05/31/2018 - TV interview: Tim Stockwell on increase of harmful drinking in women (Global News)
- 05/21/2018 - Article: Tim Stockwell on industry interference in Northern Territories Alcohol Study (Globe and Mail)
- 05/17/2018 - Article: Tim Stockwell on vaping and alternative nicotine products (National Post)
April
- 04/14/2018 - Article: Tim Stockwell on alcohol industry-funded research (Huffington Post)
- 04/12/2018 - Article: Tim Stockwell on alcohol and breast cancer (Mother Jones)
March
- 03/21/2018 - Radio documentary: Tim Stockwell on Alcohol: Tonic or Toxin? (CBC's Ideas)
- 03/11/2018 - Article: Tim Stockwell on the Canadian Managed Alcohol Programs Study (Times Colonist)
- 03/07/2018 - Article: Audra Roemer on alcohol and energy drinks (Global News)
- 03/05/2018 - Article: Tim Stockwell on the Canadian Managed Alcohol Programs Study (CBC Edmonton)
February
- 02/28/2018 - Article: Bernie Pauly on the Canadian Managed Alcohol Programs Study (Canadian Press/National Post)
- 02/20/2018 - Article: Bernie Pauly on the Canadian Managed Alcohol Programs Study (CBC News)
- 02/16/2018 - Article: Tim Stockwell on the Yukon alcohol labelling study going forward (National Post)
- 02/15/2018 - Article: Lynne Belle-Isle on outdoor cannabis cultivation (Vic News)
- 02/13/2018 - Article: Lindsay Shaw on magic mushroom research (CBC News)
- 02/08/2018- Article: Bernie Pauly on Managed Alcohol Programs (Pacific Standard Magazine)
January
- 01/06/2018 - Article: Tim Stockwell on the Yukon alcohol labelling study (New York Times)
- 01/03/2018 - Article: Tim Stockwell on the Yukon alcohol labelling study (Toronto Star/Canadian Press)
- 01/02/2018 - Article: Tim Stockwell on the Yukon alcohol labelling study (National Post)
- 01/02/2018 - Radio Interview: Tim Stockwell on the Yukon alcohol labelling study (CBC As it Happens)
- 01/02/2018 - Article: Tim Stockwell on women, alcohol and health (Today's Parent)
December
- Radio interview - 12/13/2017: Bernie Pauly on peer workers in harm reduction (CFAX 1070)
- Radio interview/article - 12/13/2017: Bernie Pauly on supervised consumption services in Victoria (CBC News)
- Radio interview/article - 12/12/2017: Tim Stockwell on alcohol-related harms and policies in BC (CBC News)
- Radio interview - 12/10/2017: Tim Stockwell on alcohol harms and policies in Canada (CBC's Cross Country Checkup, starts at 1:26:56)
- Editorial - 12/09/2017: iMinds as an antidote to drug scare tactics (Times Colonist)
- TV interview/article - 12/05/2017: Tim Stockwell on new cannabis sale rules for BC (CHEK News)
- Radio interview/article - 12/05/2017: Tim Stockwell on alcohol consumption in BC (CBC News)
- Article - 12/01/2017: Dan Reist on the iMinds drug education tools (The Tyee)
November
- Article - 11/23/2017: Tim Stockwell on alcohol warning labels in the Yukon (Times Colonist)
- Article - 11/15/2017: Tim Stockwell on Scotland's minimum unit pricing for alcohol (Herald Scotland)
- Radio interview/article: 11/15/2017: Cecilia Benoit on sex workers as peer health advocates (CBC News)
- Article - 11/15/2017: Tim Stockwell/CISUR research on minimum alcohol pricing in Scotland (BBC News)
- Article - 11/08/2017: Cecilia Benoit on sex worker safety (Canadian Press)
- Article - 11/06/2017: Karen Urbanoski on substance use treatment for indigenous people (Canadian Press, Vancouver Sun)
October
- Article - 10/30/2017: Tim Stockwell on e-cigarettes (Globe and Mail)
- TV Interview - 10/08/2017: Karen Urbanoski on cannabis regulation (CHEK News)
September
- Article - 09/28/2017: Bernie Pauly on fentanyl on campus (Global News)
- Article - 09/20/2017: Tim Stockwell on minimum pricing for alcohol (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)
- Radio interview - 09/08/2017: Bruce Wallace on the overdose crisis (CFAX 1070)
- Article - 09/05/2017: Cindy Andrew on drug education in BC schools (CBC Health)
August
- Article - 08/31/2017: Tim Stockwell on alcohol's role in opioid deaths (CBC Toronto)
- Television interview - 08/29/2017: Bernie Pauly on VicPD Fighting Fentanyl web series (CHEK News)
- Op-Ed - 08/27/17: Bernie Pauly on unintended consequences of housing policy (Times Colonist)
- Radio interview - 08/17/17: Bernie Pauly on BC Centre for Disease Control's new recommendations to reduce overdose deaths (CFAX 1070)
- Article - 08/16/17: Tim Stockwell on alcohol and heart disease (Fortune)
- Radio interview - 08/04/17: Bernie Pauly on recent BC overdose statistics and supervised consumption in Victoria (CFAX 1070)
- Article - 08/02/17: Tim Stockwell on alcohol and diabetes (Reuters Health)
July
- TV Interview/Article - 07/21/17: Tim Stockwell on e-cigarettes and vaping (CityNews)
June
- Article - 06/22/17: Tim Stockwell on alcohol-related hospitalizations in Canada (Postmedia)
- TV Interview/Article - 06/22/17: Tim Stockwell on alcohol-related hospitalizations in Canada (Global News)
- Radio Interview/Article - 06/22/17: Tim Stockwell on alcohol-related hospitalizations in Canada (CBC's The Current)
- Radio Interview - 06/16/17: Tim Stockwell on alcohol in grocery stores (CBC's BC Almanac)
- Article - 06/11/17: Lynne Belle-Isle on Canada's proposed cannabis legislation (Global News)
- Article - 06/04/17: Tim Stockwell on alcohol and heart disease (Sydney Morning Herald)
May
- Article - 05/31/17: Cindy Andrew on the overdose crisis and drug education in BC schools (Metro News)
- TV Interview - 05/28/17: Tim Stockwell on alcohol and heart disease (Global News)
- Radio Interview - 05/27/17: Graduate student Audra Roemer on alcohol and energy drinks (CBC's Quirks and Quarks)
- Article - 05/22/17: Tim Stockwell on alcohol and heart disease (International Business Times)
- TV Interview - 05/12/17: Adam Sherk on the public health benefits of regulating alcohol and other psychoactive substances (Global News BC)
- Radio Interview - 05/11/17: Adam Sherk on the public health benefits of regulating alcohol and other psychoactive substances (CFAX1070)
- Op-Ed Article - 05/11/17: Tim Stockwell on the public health benefits of regulating alcohol and other psychoactive substances (subscription: The Hill Times)
April
- Article - 04/13/2017: Lynne Belle-Isle on cannabis legalization in Canada (BBC)
- Article - 04/13/2017: Scott MacDonald on impaired driving given cannabis legalization in Canada (Times Colonist)
- Radio Interview - 04/13/2017: Lynne Belle-Isle on cannabis legalization in Canada (Roundhouse Radio)
- Radio Interview/Article - 04/05/2017: Cindy Andrew on talking to kids about cannabis (CBC)
March
- Article - 03/29/2017: Scott MacDonald on pot in the workplace (Times Colonist)
- TV Interview - 03/27/2017: Tim Stockwell on pending legalization of marijuana in Canada (CHEK News - starts :40)
- Radio Interview - 03/27/2017: CARBC PhD student Audra Roemer on her study about the risks of mixing energy drinks and alcohol (Roundhouse Radio)
- Radio Interview - 03/22/2017: CARBC PhD student Audra Roemer on her study about the risks of mixing energy drinks and alcohol (CFAX1070)
- TV Interview - 03/21/2017: CARBC PhD student Audra Roemer on her study about the risks of mixing energy drinks and alcohol (CTV News Vancouver Island - starts 5:28)
- Articles - 03/21-22/2017: CARBC PhD student Audra Roemer and Tim Stockwell's study on the risks of mixing energy drinks and alcohol (BBC, The Independent, Chicago Tribune, New York Post + others)
- Article - 03/19/2017: Bernie Pauly on the homelessness situation in Victoria (Victoria Times Colonist)
- Article - 03/13/2017: Announcement of Cecilia Benoit as a 2017 UVic Provost's Engaged Scholar (UVic News)
February
- Article & Radio Interview - 02/21/2017: Dan Reist on treating mental health and substance abuse issues the same way as physical injuries and illnesses at the workplace (CBC News)
- Article: - 02/21/2017: mention of CARBC's new handbook: "Patients Helping Patients Understand Opioid Substitution Treatment" (the Tyee)
- Article: - 02/17/2017: mention of CARBC's new handbook: "Patients Helping Patients Understand Opioid Substitution Treatment" (Victoria Times Colonist)
- Article: - 02/17/2017: Tim Stockwell on being skeptical about the supposed health benefits of moderate drinking (healthline.com)
- Article & Radio Interview - 02/16/2017: co-author Garth Mullins on CARBC's new handbook: "Patients Helping Patients Understand Opioid Substitution Treatment" (CBC BC)
- Radio Interview - 02/16/2017: Dan Reist on CARBC's new handbook: "Patients Helping Patients Understand Opioid Substitution Treatment" (CFAX1070)
- Article - 02/15/2017: Dan Reist on CARBC's new handbook: "Patients Helping Patients Understand Opioid Substitution Treatment" (Vancouver Sun + others via Canadian Press)
- Article - 02/15/2017: coverage of CARBC's new report, "Clearing the Air" around e-cigarettes (US News)
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Article - 02/09/2017: Cecilia Benoit on sex work as an occupational deliberation (Globe & Mail, CBC, + others via Canadian Press)
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Radio Interview - 02/02/2017: Cecilia Benoit on sex work as an occupational choice (CFAX1070)
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Radio Interview - 02/02/2017: Tim Stockwell on release of CARBC's new report, "Clearing the Air" around e-cigarettes (RoundHouse Radio Vancouver)
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Article - 02/02/2017: Bernie Pauly on the overdose crisis and Perry Kendall (Vancouver Sun + others via Canadian Press)
January
- Article - 01/31/2017: CARBC PhD cadidate Renee O'Leary et al. on CARBC's new report, "Clearing the Air" around e-cigarettes (UVic Ring)
- Article - 01/30/2017: Cecilia Benoit cited in article about sex workers facing increased safety risks (Occupational Safety Canada)
- Article - 01/24/2017: opinion piece on CARBC's new report, "Clearing the Air" around e-cigarettes featuring Marjorie MacDonald and Tim Stockwell (Globe and Mail)
- Radio Interviews - 01/19-23/2017: Marjorie MacDonald on release of CARBC's new report, "Clearing the Air" around e-cigarettes (650 CKOM Saskatoon, NewsTalk 770 Calgary, CBC All Points West)
- Radio Interviews - 01/19-20/2017: Tim Stockwell on release of CARBC's new report, "Clearing the Air" around e-cigarettes (610CKTB St Catharines, CFAX1070)
- TV news piece - 01/20/2017: mention of CARBC's new report, "Clearing the Air" around e-cigarettes (CTV BC - link no longer works)
- Article - 01/19/2017: Marjorie MacDonald on BC Health Minister's talk of raising the age to purchase tobacco to 21 (Maclean's + others via Canadian Press)
- Articles - 01/19/2017: Marjorie MacDonald and Tim Stockwell on release of CARBC's new report, "Clearing the Air" around e-cigarettes (CBC BC News, Vancouver Sun, CTV BC News, Victoria Times Colonist)
- Radio Interview: CARBC Research Affiliate Lynne-Belle Isle on release of CARBC's new report, "Clearing the Air" around e-cigarettes (CBC Boulevard du Pacifique - French)
- Radio Interview - 01/19/2017: Bernie Pauly on the record number of overdose deaths in BC for 2016 (CFAX1070)
- Article - 01/18/2017: Bruce Wallace on the overdose crisis (Global News)
- Article - 01/11/2017: Tim Stockwell on the Rethink Your Drinking campaign (thelondoner.ca)