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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 ...
Fix: The Story of an Addicted City is a Canadian documentary film, directed by Nettie Wild and released in 2003. [1] The film centres on Vancouver's campaign to launch Insite, North America's first legal supervised injection site for injection drug users.
The group's members have been actively involved in lobbying for support of Insite, North America's first safe injection site, located in the Downtown Eastside of Vancouver. [3] Its board of directors consists entirely of current and former drug addicts. [4] It was co-founded by Ann Livingston and Bud Osborn. [2]
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In September 2003, the Vancouver Coastal Health Authority and the Portland Hotel Society opened Insite, North America's first supervised drug injection site, in Downtown Eastside Vancouver, an area of high drug use. s 4(1) and 5(1) of the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act (CDSA) prohibited the possession and trafficking of controlled substances, and so in order to operate, Insite was ...
Surgeon General Jerome Adams on Wednesday rejected the provision of supervised injection sites, facilities where people can inject themselves with illegal drugs under medical supervision, as a ...
Bud Osborn (4 August 1947 – 6 May 2014) [1] was a poet, community organizer, and activist in Vancouver's Downtown Eastside.Following his prolonged struggle with heroin addiction and alcohol dependency, [2] Osborn became a founding member of the Vancouver Area Network of Drug Users and advocated for the creation of a legal supervised injection site. [3]