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<h1>Substance use disproportionately impacts Queer communities. <b>What does that mean for UBC students?</b></h1>
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With high risk of substance (mis)use in Queer communities and BC’s ongoing toxic drug crisis, Queer youth are left to navigate substance use and recovery on their own.
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<p class="byline">Words by <a href="https://ubyssey.ca/authors/iman-janmohamed/">Iman Janmohamed</a>, Webdesign by <a href="https://ubyssey.ca/authors/samlow/">Sam Low</a></p>
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With high risk of substance (mis)use in Queer communities and BC’s ongoing toxic drug crisis, Queer youth are left to navigate substance use and recovery on their own.
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<p class="publishDate">Published 9/09/2024</p>
<p class="byline">Words by <a href="https://ubyssey.ca/authors/iman-janmohamed/">Iman Janmohamed</a>, Design by <a href="https://ubyssey.ca/authors/samlow/">Sam Low</a></p>
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<p><i>This article contains mention of substance use, suicide and violence against 2SLGBTQIA+ communities.</i></p>
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<div class="quote">“No. I’m a teenager.<br>Teenagers are allowed to do this.”</div>
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<p class="dropcap">“No. I’m a teenager. Teenagers are allowed to do this.” That’s what Sylvie, now a UBC graduate student, used to say to their friends as a 16-year-old when they would ask them to stop drinking.</p>
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That’s what Sylvie, now a UBC graduate student, used to say to their friends as a 16-year-old when they would ask them to stop drinking. Their drinking started off innocently — a bunch of high schoolers having some drinks together, going through what seemed to be a rite of passage. But it soon became what Sylvie described as <span class="quote">“problematic.”</span>
Their drinking started off innocently — a bunch of high schoolers having some drinks together, going through what seemed to be a rite of passage. But it soon became what Sylvie described as “problematic.”
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<span class="quote">“I had people pulling me aside and being like, ‘Hey, do you want to maybe not be drunk all the time?’”</span> said Sylvie, whose name has been changed to protect their identity because of the stigma against substance use.
“I had people pulling me aside and being like, ‘Hey, do you want to maybe not be drunk all the time?’” said Sylvie, whose name has been changed to protect their identity because of the stigma against substance use.
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When Sylvie was 18, they started their undergraduate degree at UBC. Sylvie said they were <span class="quote">“forced back into being a teenager,”</span> since BC’s legal drinking age of 19 is higher than in other Canadian provinces.
When Sylvie was 18, they started their undergraduate degree at UBC. Sylvie said they were “forced back into being a teenager,” since BC’s legal drinking age of 19 is higher than in other Canadian provinces.
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<span class="quote">“That made me do a bunch of crazy shit in order to get drunk or get high because I couldn't do it the normal way,”</span> they said. <span class="quote">“And then through that, I realized that maybe my relationship with substances is not normal or could use some re-evaluating.”</span>
“That made me do a bunch of crazy shit in order to get drunk or get high because I couldn't do it the normal way,” they said. “And then through that, I realized that maybe my relationship with substances is not normal or could use some re-evaluating.”
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This pushed Sylvie, who is now part of the UBC student-created and run Student Recovery Community (SRC), to become sober for a month, just to prove to themself they <span class="quote">“didn’t have a problem.”</span>
This pushed Sylvie, who is now part of the UBC student-created and run Student Recovery Community (SRC), to become sober for a month, just to prove to themself they “didn’t have a problem.”
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<span class="quote">“I did the one month, and I was like, ‘Okay, that actually was really hard.’”</span>
“I did the one month, and I was like, ‘Okay, that actually was really hard.’”
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And Sylvie wasn’t alone. Substance use isn’t uncommon, especially for university students.
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According to a <a href="https://www.researchgate.net/publication/334171055_Substance_Abuse_and_Stress_Levels_in_Canadian_University_Students">2019 study</a> on university students by researchers from the University of Toronto and Western University, 76 per cent of participants reported using alcohol or non-prescription drugs to cope with stress. Only six per cent said they used neither.
According to a 2019 study on university students by researchers from the University of Toronto and Western University, 76 per cent of participants reported using alcohol or non-prescription drugs to cope with stress. Only six per cent said they used neither.
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Research from the US <a href="https://nida.nih.gov/research-topics/lgbtqi-people-and-substance-use">National Institute on Drug Abuse</a> shows that 2SLGBTQIA+ people have higher rates of substance use disorders than people who identify as heterosexual, with the <a href="https://www.camh.ca/en/health-info/guides-and-publications/substance-use---issues-to-consider-for-the-lgbtttiq-communities">Canadian Centre for Addiction and Mental Health</a> identifying isolation, alienation and discrimination due to homophobia as key factors for these higher rates.
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Sylvie is Queer, which they say has influenced their relationship with substance use and feelings of isolation.
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<span class="quote">“I know for myself and for a lot of Queer people, substances help if you are closeted or you aren't sure about your sexuality or identity.”</span>
“I know for myself and for a lot of Queer people, substances help if you are closeted or you aren't sure about your sexuality or identity.”
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Regular prescription drug misuse was associated with nearly three times greater odds of attempting suicide.
Regular prescription drug misuse was associated with nearly three times greater odds of attempting suicide;
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Regular alcohol use was associated with 50 per cent greater odds of attempting suicide in Queer youth under 21.
Regular alcohol use was associated with 50 per cent greater odds of attempting suicide in Queer youth under 21;
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Regular cannabis use was also associated with greater odds of attempting suicide among Queer youth.
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Substance use in Queer youth can be attributed to <span class="quote">“structural inequities,”</span> according to UBC PhD candidate in nursing and registered nurse Trevor Goodyear.
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Goodyear, whose research explores the implications of substance use among 2SLGBTQIA+ youth, said these structural inequities like sexism, homophobia and transphobia, intersect individual concerns like familial rejection, domestic violence and mental illness to create circumstances that can lead to substance misuse.
Goodyear, whose research explores the implications of substance use among 2SLGBTQIA+ youth, said structural inequities like sexism, homophobia and transphobia, intersect individual concerns like familial rejection, domestic violence and mental illness to create circumstances that can lead to substance misuse.
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“I wasn't sitting there drinking because I was gay. It's just because there was something different [about me], and I didn't know what it was.”
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<span class="quote">“As a Trans person, I realized that emotion … and recovery kind of felt like the same thing,”</span> Mills said.
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The university environment doesn’t make this journey any easier. Both Sylvie and Mills said the university environment encourages substance misuse. In a 2020 interview with <i>The Ubyssey</i>, Dr. Michael Krausz, a UBC psychiatry professor specializing in addiction, said university binge-drinking culture and increased stress levels could risk pushing students toward substance misuse or dependence.
The university environment doesn’t make recovery any easier. Both Sylvie and Mills said the university environment encourages substance misuse. In a 2020 interview with <i>The Ubyssey</i>, Dr. Michael Krausz, a UBC psychiatry professor specializing in addiction, said university binge-drinking culture and increased stress levels could risk pushing students toward substance misuse or dependence.
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<span class="quote">“If you are totally stressed out and anxious, you may have problems [sleeping] and then you start drinking or taking benzodiazepines in the evening to calm down,”</span> he said.
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Goodyear said specific services that cater to Queer recovery are important for 2SLGBTQIA+ recovery.
Goodyear said specific services that cater to Queer recovery are important for 2SLGBTQIA+ recovery.
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<span class="quote">“These programs can really be a safe haven and really meaningful place of support and belonging for folks who might not be able to find that community in the same way elsewhere,”</span> said Goodyear.
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Based on a peer-support, evidence-based model, the SRC seeks to empower students with lived experiences to support each other in a private and confidential setting. In 2021, after years of advocacy, the SRC opened a space on campus.
Based on a peer-support, evidence-based model, the SRC seeks to empower students with lived experiences to support each other in a private and confidential setting. In 2021, after years of advocacy, the SRC opened a space on campus.
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The space was an important step in ensuring students who have experiences around addiction and recovery feel welcome at UBC, said Fudjack in a 2021 <a href="https://ubyssey.ca/news/student-recovery-community-opens-physical-space/">interview</a> with <i>The Ubyssey</i>.
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The <a href="https://laws-lois.justice.gc.ca/eng/acts/c-38.8/">Controlled Drug and Substances Act</a> was introduced by the federal government in 1996 as Canada's drug control statute. On January 31, 2023, Health Canada granted BC a <a href="https://www2.gov.bc.ca/gov/content/overdose/decriminalization">three-year exemption</a> to the act, allowing the decriminalization of small amounts of certain illicit substances, such as heroin, morphine, fentanyl, cocaine, meth and ecstasy for personal use in private spaces, shelters, outpatient addiction clinics, supervised consumption sites and drug-checking service locations across BC.
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Under this exemption, adults possessing illicit substances in accordance with legislation will not be arrested, charged or have drugs seized from them. Instead, they will be offered health information and referred to treatment and support if requested, according to the <a href="https://www2.gov.bc.ca/gov/content/overdose/decriminalization">provincial government website</a>.
Under this exemption, adults possessing illicit substances in accordance with legislation will not be arrested, charged or have drugs seized from them. Instead, they will be offered health information and referred to treatment and support if requested, according to the <a href="https://www2.gov.bc.ca/gov/content/overdose/decriminalization">provincial government’s website</a>.
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More than <a href="https://vancouver.ca/people-programs/drugs.aspx#:~:text=In%202016%2C%20following%20a%20significant,lives%20to%20overdoses%20across%20BC.">21,000 people</a> have died from an overdose since BC declared the toxic drug crisis a public health emergency in 2016.
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Sylvie now finds themself, as a peer support worker and recovery meeting leader, a person Queer students can go to for support.
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<span class="quote">“I'll often have someone say, ‘Listen, I've never told anyone this before, but I feel this thing, or I believe this thing or I do this thing,’ and I get to be like, ‘Oh my god, I do that too,’ and that relatability — the way that makes someone happy or makes them feel less alone — is the best part of my job,”</span> said Sylvie.
<span class="quote">“I'll often have someone say, ‘Listen, I've never told anyone this before, but I feel this thing, or I believe this thing or I do this thing,’ and I get to be like, ‘Oh my god. I do that, too,’ and that relatability — the way that makes someone happy or makes them feel less alone — is the best part of my job,”</span> said Sylvie.
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<span class="quote">“Queer people in recovery seem to like that there’s someone else Queer in recovery,”</span> said Sylvie. <span class="quote">“I’ve been in recovery for a really long time. Not that they should at all look up to me — I think that would be awful if they did — but that there is someone else who has done the thing that they're doing, who they can talk to about it and who would understand.”</span>
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<span class="quote">“A lot of people in recovery develop this general understanding that you have maybe an attraction to maladaptive coping mechanisms for whatever reason. You see people go into recovery for substances [but] doing something else to replace [substances],”</span> said Sylvie.
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<span class="quote">“Recovery isn't necessarily you need[ing] to stop doing this one thing. It's about just getting a more holistic understanding of why you are doing certain things, and then trying to either change that, if you want to, or just be more aware of it.”</span>
<span class="quote">“Recovery isn't necessarily you need[ing] to stop doing this one thing. It's about just getting a more holistic understanding of why you are doing certain things, and then trying to either change that, if you want to, or just be more mindful of it.”</span>
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— With files from Jocelyn Baker
<i>— With files from Jocelyn Baker</i>
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