Substance Use

General Information

• Alcohol and My Health - Information and tools for the general population

• Provincial Guidelines on Alcohol Consumption (2023)

Clinical Guidelines

• Canadian Clinical Guideline High Risk Drinking and Alcohol Use Disorder (2023)

• BCCSU High-Risk Drinking and Alcohol Use Disorder 

  • More information can be accessed with this link

• BCCSU High-Risk Drinking and Alcohol Use Disorder - Pregnancy (2020)

• Canadian Guidelines on Alcohol Use Disorder Among Older Adults (2019)

Scales

• Clinical Institute Withdrawal Assessment for Alcohol–Revised (CIWA-Ar) protocol

Courses

• BC ECHO on Substance Use – Managing Chronic Pain in Patients with Alcohol Use Disorder

General Information

• Cannabis - Information for the general population

• Cannabis Use Among Older Adults Brochure 

Scales

• Cannabis Use Disorder Identification Test – Revised (CUDIT-R) 

Clinical Guidelines

• Canadian Academy of Geriatric Psychiatry's Canadian Guidelines on Cannabis Use Disorder Among Older Adults (2019)

• CAMH Canada’s Lower-Risk Cannabis Use Guideline (2017)

Clinical Guidelines

• BCCSU Opioid Use Disorder Guidelines (2023)

• Urine Drug Testing in Patients Prescribed Opioid Agonist Treatment —Breakout Resource 

• Injectable Opioid Agonist Treatment for Opioid Use Disorder (2019) 

• Methadone treatment for people who use fentanyl: Recommendations (2017)

Scales

• Clinical Opioid Withdrawal Scale (COWS)

Courses

• Provincial OAT Support Program (POATSP) Course

  • Free UBC CPD course (8 Mainpro+ credits) based on the BCCSU Guideline on the Management of Opioid Use Disorder. There are two workbooks available for the POATSP course.

  • POATSP Course link: https://ubccpd.ca/course/provincial-opioid-addiction-treatment-support-program

  • Hospital prescriber’s workbook: https://www.bccsu.ca/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/F1.0_POATSP_Workbook_-Hospital_Dec2021.pdf

  • Preceptorship form: https://asdw5.hli.ubc.ca/ords/f?p=672:3.

General Information

• CCENDU Bulletin - Changes in Stimulant Use and Related Harms: Focus on Methamphetamine and Cocaine (Please note that this was created in 2019)

Clinical Guidelines

• BCCSU Stimulant Use Disorder guidelines (2022)