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The assembled group of people decided to form an organization, and adopted the name Vancouver Area Network of Drug Users a year later. [5] One of the attendees was Donald MacPherson, who later became drug-policy coordinator for Vancouver municipal government, and who also established the Canadian Drug Policy Coalition. [5]
Insite is a supervised drug injection site in the Downtown Eastside (DTES) neighbourhood of Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada [1] The DTES had 4,700 chronic drug users in 2000 and has been considered to be the centre of an "injection drug epidemic". The site provides a supervised and health-focused location for injection drug use, primarily ...
He serves on the board of directors of the Vancouver Area Network of Drug Users. [6] Mullins describes how he sees the war on drugs as still affecting people in contemporary times. [ 1 ] He is an advocate for the legalisation of street drugs, [ 6 ] and has campaigned against the planned expansion in scope of Canada's Medical Assistance in Dying ...
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Vancouver and District Waterfront Workers' Association; Vancouver Area Network of Drug Users; Vancouver Film Critics Circle; Vancouver Film Studios; Vancouver Japanese Language School; Vancouver Métis Community Association; Vancouver Organizing Committee for the 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games; Vancouver Police Union; Vancouver ...
VANCOUVER, British Columbia (AP) — The government of the Canadian province of British Columbia is making changes to its drug decriminalization policy to stop drug use in public places.
The government of Canada subdivides advocacy groups into "accident prevention associations, advocacy groups, animal rights organizations, antipoverty advocacy organizations, associations for retired persons, advocacy civil liberties groups, community action advocacy groups, conservation advocacy groups, drug abuse prevention advocacy organizations, environmental advocacy groups, humane society ...
This strategy, combining harm reduction measures with treatment, enforcement, and prevention efforts, aimed to address the endemic HIV and hepatitis C among injection drug users in the city's Downtown Eastside neighborhood. AIDS Vancouver, alongside other community organizations, actively supported these harm reduction initiatives, recognizing ...