Vancouver Sun on MSN18d
Downtown Eastside at 'tipping point' as London Drugs considers leaving Woodward's building
A broken window is plastered with a sticker bearing big, red letters declaring: “DANGER.” One day earlier this month, a man used a metal baton to smash the glass in the front door of the London Drugs ...
The Georgia Straight27d
How cannabis is helping Downtown Eastside residents get off hard drugs
Jen Nelson is known as the cannabis angel of the Downtown Eastside. She regularly roams through the area, gifting people with joints, edibles, and weed to aid relaxation and ease devastating drug ...
Vancouver Sun on MSN1d
Vancouver launching $5 million police surge hyper-focused on Downtown Eastside
Vancouver’s mayor and police chief trumpeted a plan Thursday to boost police funding with a specific focus on the Downtown ...
The Georgia Straight6y
Crackdown, a new podcast from the Downtown Eastside, reports on the drug war through the eyes of its victims
The result is Crackdown, a new podcast created in Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside that covers the overdose crisis and the war on drugs from the perspectives of drug users. “With very few ...