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August
- With 2-month pilot, Toronto joins wave of Canadian cities legalizing alcohol in parks (Tim Naimi in the Globe and Mail)
- What’s behind the spike in fentanyl overdoses in Mexico? (Jaime Arredondo in Al Jazeera English)
- Just how bad is alcohol? Eight experts weigh in on the risks and supposed benefits of drinking (Tim Stockwell in NBC News)
- 9 Habits Could Help You Live Decades Longer, According To Science (Tim Naimi in Health Digest)
July
- Pints on patios, but not in parks — why drinking alcohol in public spaces is still such a big deal (Tim Naimi on CBC News)
- Necesitamos un cambio drástico en política de drogas: Jaime Arredondo (Jaime Arredondo on W Radio)
- Scaling up community drug-checking services in B.C. could help respond to the overdose crisis (Piotr Burek, Bruce Wallace in Conversation Canada)
- How B.C. can learn from drug checking on Vancouver Island (Piotr Burek on CBC's On the Coast)
June
- For Teens Who Drink and Do Drugs, Here’s How to Reduce the Harm (Adam Sherk in The Tyee)
- Booze prices need to rise, accessibility needs to drop to reduce harm, study says (Tim Naimi in CBC New Brunswick)
- Alcohol policies in every province, territory receive failing grade in meeting public health standards: report (Tim Naimi on CTV News)
- More work needed on B.C.'s decriminalization plan, experts say (Bruce Wallace in Ha-Shilth-Sa)
- It causes seven types of cancer and birth defects. Should alcohol have a warning label? (Tim Naimi on healthing.ca)
- This week provincial health officials condemned allegations of prescribed opioids being resold on the street and getting into the wrong hands - we'll talk with a UVic researcher about the hype around hydromorphone (Bernie Pauly on CBC's On the Island)
- The State of Safe Supply (Bernie Pauly in The Tyee)
- The alcohol health risks every moderate drinker should know (Tim Naimi in Reader's Digest UK)
May
- B.C. gets failing grade on alcohol policies from UVic-led national project (Tim Naimi in Black Press)
- Adding warning labels on alcohol bottles to curb Canada’s drinking problem (Tim Naimi on CJAD Montreal
- Canada’s got a drinking problem — and one senator says Ottawa needs to step up (Tim Naimi on CBC News)
April
- How Toronto’s mayoral hopefuls would tackle the city’s drug crisis (Gillian Kolla in the Toronto Star)
- The boozy story of how we decided alcohol was a health boon in the ’90s—and how it all fell apart (Tim Stockwell in Slate)
- Un plaidoyer en faveur des clubs compassion (Marilou Gagnon on Radio-Canada)
- Opinion: Shutting Down Cannabis Compassion Clubs Hurts Patients and the Public (Marilou Gagnon, Bernie Pauly, Karen Urbanoski and Tim Stockwell in The Tyee)
- Drug checking shows unpredictable list of additives contributing to death toll (Piotr Burek in Ha-Shilth-Ah
- Researchers want Health Canada to post updated data on effects of drinking alcohol (Tim Naimi in Canadian Press)
- Research dispels notion that moderate drinking is good for you (Tim Stockwell in the National Desk)
- Opinion: Closure of cannabis dispensaries and clubs amid drug poisoning crisis a mistake (Marilou Gagnon in the Province)
- Animal tranquilizer found in only small portion of Island street-drug supply (Bruce Wallace in Times Colonist)
- Counting the Cost of Substance Use — and Finding Solutions (Adam Sherk in The Tyee)
- Moderate Drinking Has No Health Benefits, Analysis of Decades of Research Finds (Tim Stockwell in New York Times)
March
- Drinking Alcohol Brings No Health Benefits, Study Finds (Tim Stockwell in HealthDay News)
- Yet Another Study Suggests Drinking Isn't Good for Your Health (Tim Stockwell in Time Magazine)
- 'Hard to keep in stock': Non-alcoholic beer and cocktails creating buzz on Vancouver Island (Tim Stockwell in CTV Vancouver Island)
- The argument for making alcohol more expensive: It could save lives, study suggests (Tim Stockwell in USA Today)
- Involuntary treatment of drug users under B.C.’s Mental Health Act could be deadly, legal group warns (Marilou Gagnon on CTV News Vancouver)
February
- Ever done a borg? Warnings about the 'dangerous and excessive' drinking trend (Adam Sherk in CTV News)
- The Canadian Brewers Taking Dealcoholized Beer Mainstream (Tim Stockwell in Montecristo Magazine)
- Prescription Pills Laced With Meth, Fentanyl Sold in Northern Mexico Pharmacies: Report (Jaime Arredondo in InSight Crime)
- As drug decriminalization rolls out, UVic expert supports what B.C. is trying to do (Bernie Pauly in Black Press)
- B.C.'s decriminalization experiment no match for 'volatile and dangerous' drug supply (Gillian Kolla in Reuters)
- The complicated — and dangerous — economics of Mexican fentanyl (Jaime Arredondo in Los Angeles Times)
- Toronto drug decriminalization request still under review as B.C. exemption program rolls out (Gillian Kolla in CTV News Toronto)
January
- Provincial governments not jumping to act on tighter alcohol warning guidelines (Tim Stockwell in Globe and Mail/Canadian Press)
- How much booze is too much booze? (Tim Naimi on CBC Frontburner)
- New alcohol research shows drinking small amounts can still be harmful to health (Tim Naimi on PBS NewsHour)
- Hangover headaches are the least of your worries. Scientists say drinking can be hard on the brain (Tim Stockwell on CBC Health)
- Navigating Canada's new alcohol guidance (Tim Naimi on CBC's The National)
- Whether alcohol gets warning labels or not, attitudes toward booze are already changing, industry insiders say (Tim Stockwell on CBC BC)
- Even a Little Alcohol Can Harm Your Health (Tim Naimi in New York Times)
- Weed Vs. Booze: Is Either One Less Harmful To Your Health? (Tim Stockwell in Chatelaine)
- More Victorians are getting their drugs checked before using (Piotr Burek/Vancouver Island Drug Checking Project in Capital Daily)
- Why this woman created Sober Babes Vancouver, a sobriety group for 'Dry January' and beyond (Adam Sherk in CBC British Columbia)
- Le nouveau combat de Patrick Brazeau (Tim Stockwell in La Presse)
- Opinion: Canada should resolve to make alcohol more expensive in 2023 (CISUR research in the National Observer)
- ‘One drink is the same mortality risk as one cigarette,’ UVic researcher says (Tim Stockwell in Capital Daily)
November
- What Booze Really Does to Your Body (Tim Naimi in Reader's Digest)
- Alcohol use is linked to cancer — so why aren’t there warnings on bottles? (Tim Stockwell in the Toronto Star)
- Saving Lives One Bathroom at a Time (Marilou Gagnon in the Tyee)
- Deaths From Alcohol—On The Rise For Decades—Soared During Covid Pandemic, CDC Says (CISUR in Forbes)
- Harm reduction workers facing burnout amid dual crises: ‘Too emotionally fraught’ (Gillian Kolla on Global News)
- Critics say recommendations in all-party legislative committee report on toxic drug crisis fall short (Bernie Pauly on CBC's All Points West)
October
September
- Comment: voluntary hospitalization is a zombie idea — why does the NDP keep bringing it back? (Marilou Gagnon in Times Colonist)
- Safer opioid supply program reduces ER visits, hospital admissions: Study (Gillian Kolla in London Free Press/Canadian Press)
- Advocates tout safe supply for drug users, but Nova Scotia doctors aren't convinced (Gillian Kolla in CBC Nova Scotia)
- Rise in Deaths Spurs Effort to Raise Alcohol Taxes (Tim Naimi in New York Times)
August
- UVic scientist wants labels on alcohol to show health risks (Tim Naimi in Times Colonist)
- Carolyn Bennett hopes B.C.’s decriminalization plan reduces stigma around drug use (Bernie Pauly in the Globe and Mail)
- Canada’s low-risk alcohol use guidelines have been slashed to 6 drinks per week. Here’s why. (Tim Stockwell in the Conversation Canada)
- New alcohol guidelines (Tim Naimi on the Jill Bennett Show)
- Advocates call for public health, human rights-focused approach to DTES decampment (Bernie Pauly and Marilou Gagnon in CBC BC)
- B.C. researchers excluded from drug decriminalization review (Bernie Pauly in the Globe and Mail)
- Toronto still waiting for drug decriminalization decision 7 months after applying (Gillian Kolla on CBC Toronto/Canadian Press)
July
- Paying the tab: Increasing alcohol tax would curb deaths in New Mexico, studies show (Tim Naimi in New Mexico in Depth)
June
- Amid grim opioid death projections, Ottawa faces calls to move faster on safe supply (Gillian Kolla on Global News)
- Should small amounts of drugs such as opioids or cocaine be decriminalized? (Gillian Kolla on CBC's Cross Country Checkup)
- Unpredictable potency real danger in opioid crisis, expert says (Bruce Wallace in Times Colonist)
- Canadian cities are legalizing alcohol in parks. Some are celebrating, others worry it's a slippery slope (Tim Naimi on CBC's Cross Country Checkup)
- A move to decriminalization in BC... what will it mean for drug poisonings and deaths on the Island? We spoke with the Vancouver Island Drug Checking project (Bruce Wallace on CBC Victoria)
- Possession of a small amount of illicit drugs will be decriminalized in BC, starting next year (Bernie Pauly on CBC Victoria)
- Decriminalization a good step, but safe supply key: chief coroner (Bernie Pauly in Times Colonist)
- Cancer and alcohol: Advocates push the need for warning labels to help consumers choose safely (Tim Stockwell in Capital Current)
May
- Le tiers des Canadiens sondés ont pris le volant sous l’influence du cannabis (Tim Naimi on Radio-Canada)
- 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)