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BC safe-injection site saves lives Shot in the arm for program; Should be replicated in other cities: scientists With a Supreme Court... 27 April 2011
Study praises injection site Researchers note decline in overdoses John Graham is feeling optimistic about digging himself out... 27 April 2011
Vancouver injection site becomes election issue Vancouver's controversial safe injection site became an election issue Monday after yet another... 27 April 2011
Insite’s success causes problems for morality-based opposition Before the Supreme Court case to decide Insite’s future began, government lawyers requested that... 18 May 2011
Lawyers, doctors and addicts urge Vancouver to save Insite "I believe this is an issue coming about our collective humanity," Portland Hotel Society director... 18 May 2011
Drug epidemic has root cause If policy-makers want to prevent a drug epidemic in Saint John, they must figure out why users are... 26 May 2011
Insite is increasingly mainstream Today, federal government lawyers will be in the Supreme Court of Canada putting forward its case... 30 June 2011
Harm reduction on trial Today, the Supreme Court of Canada will take the first step in deciding the fate of thousands of... 30 June 2011
Vancouver Island heroin users warned as deaths increase A spike in drug overdose deaths on Vancouver Island has prompted the B.C. Coroners Service to... 30 September 2011
Harm reduction at home When Dr. Mark Tyndall moved to Ottawa from Vancouver earlier this year to take up the post of head... 6 October 2011
Raw Opium has TV premiere Raw Opium, a two-part series about a commodity that has tremendous power, both to ease pain and... 7 October 2011
Canada's jails no place for drug strategies: Toews So-called harm-reduction drug strategies have no place in Canada's jail system, Public Safety... 13 October 2011
Are we ready to subsidize heroin? After the supreme court ruling, Montreal and Victoria are planning safe injection sites. Others... 13 October 2011
Vancouver mayor won’t lobby for more drug injection sites Mayor Gregor Robertson will not lead a charge to get more drug injection sites open in the city... 18 October 2011
Insite: ‘Too early to tell’ it works? “I think it’s just too early to tell.” Ontario Health Minister, Deb Matthews, on whether she... 17 November 2011
HIV and human rights in Canada: Top five issues on World AIDS Day 2011 On World AIDS Day, the Canadian HIV/AIDS Legal Network would like to draw your attention to some of... 6 December 2011
Group calls for second supervised injection site in Vancouver The group that runs InSite says there is a clear need for a second supervised injection site in... 10 January 2012
Vancouver running out of free crackpipes As Vancouver Coastal Health’s crackpipe distribution pilot wraps up its first month, two partner... 10 January 2012
Keep Vancouver's Insite open, Supreme Court rules The Harper government said Friday it is disappointed but will comply with a unanimous Supreme Court... 11 January 2012
Health authority weighs adding more supervised injection sites Vancouver Coastal Health is looking at offering supervised injection services for heroin addicts at... 19 January 2012
Harm-reduction programs threatened Activists say federal omnibus bill will put drug users, prisoners at greater risk Ottowa advocates... 19 January 2012
How Vancouver's war on drugs began When William Lyon Mackenzie King came to Vancouver in the spring of 1908, he didn't come to start... 22 March 2012
Should Taxpayers Support Drug Users? While drug abuse is a widespread problem, it's fair to ask: Whose problem is it exactly? With the... 21 June 2012
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