UVic researcher Mauricio A. Garcia-Barrera is leading an effort to shine the light on an epidemic¬ underlying the toxic drug crisis¬—brain injury after overdose.

Vanier scholar, Sybil Goulet-Stock, is a psychology doctoral researcher examining alcohol use in Canada and the impact of mandatory health warning labels on products.

Three researchers at UVic’s Canadian Institute for Substance Use Research—director Tim Naimi and scientists Adam Sherk and Tim Stockwell—were part of an expert panel that helped create the new Canadian Guidance on Alcohol and Health.

The following University of Victoria experts are available to media to discuss the updated Canadian Low Risk Alcohol Drinking Guidelines, developed by the Canadian Centre of Substance Use and Addiction.

Mexico and Canada may be physically separated by thousands of kilometres, but people like Jaime Arredondo Sanchez Lira—the new Canada Research Chair in Substance Use and Health Policy Research at UVic—are working to bring them closer together when it comes to harm reduction and drug policy.

The Vancouver Island Drug Checking Project, led by UVic social work professor Bruce Wallace and chemistry professor Dennis Hore, is a blend of research, service and partnerships including several UVic faculties, people who use drugs, students, government agencies, community groups and more.

UVic health researchers get a $3.4-million boost—success that was supported through the efforts of the UVic Health Initiative, which is raising the profile and quality of health research across campus.

British Columbians drank more alcohol during the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic than they have in the past 20 years of data collection, according to the latest analysis of BC alcohol sales data from CISUR.

UVic welcomes four Banting fellows.

UVic researchers build more resilient communities in the wake of COVID-19.

Co/Lab takes a collaborative approach to promote health, health equity for people who use drugs

CIHR funds two critical brain health research projects: one to show how concussion causes cognitive impairment and another to understand the effects of alcohol and cannabis on the developing brain.

While MAPs largely flew under the radar for years, the COVID-19 crisis has led to a surge in interest, with new programs opening up across the country.

Nursing PhD candidate Meaghan Brown puts managed alcohol program experience and research into practice and policy.

Will following Canada’s low-risk drinking guidelines insulate you from harm? Maybe not, according to new research from UVic’s Canadian Institute for Substance Use Research (CISUR).

When the BC government began opening overdose prevention sites (OPS) across the province two years ago, it was an unprecedented response to the overdose crisis. Unlike supervised consumption sites (SCS), which were subject to lengthy (and often onerous) approval processes, OPS were rolled out quickly and led by community members on the front lines of the public-health emergency.