In the back alleys of Vancouver's Downtown Eastside, almost everyone has a fentanyl horror story. Many admit they don't know exactly what they're taking, just assuming that their dealers do — and ...

In many cases, when people in substitution programs miss their scheduled doses, they may seek non-prescribed opioids, now likely to include higher potency types such as fentanyl. “Our community is ...

Today (September 26) was my first trip into the Downtown Eastside since the beginning of autumn and let me tell you, more than leaves are falling in that neighbourhood.

Migration to the Downtown Eastside neighbourhood of Vancouver and changes in service use in a cohort of mentally ill homeless adults: a 10-year retrospective study. BMJ Open , 2016; 6 (1): e009043 ...

Mar 12, 2015 - Fentanyl: a cut above other narcotics. ... Homeless in Vancouver. Homeless in ... they don’t mean the drug addicts living in the Downtown Eastside or among the homeless ...

Insite, Vancouver's safe injection site, is putting up posters in the Downtown Eastside to warn potential users of street drugs laced with fentanyl.

A mural in an alley in Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside, on December 21, painted by a man mourning the fentanyl overdose death of his wife, with names of other victims of the crisis.

Homelessness in Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside is reaching crisis levels with few solutions in sight, according to the Carnegie Community Action Project’s (CCAP) hotel and housing report ...

The City of Vancouver said in a statement that “the threat of arson in the Downtown Eastside is unacceptable.” “The city condemns these threats in the strongest possible terms,” it said.

As the cold, wet weather rolls into B.C.’s South Coast, a coalition of groups from Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside is calling for more safe and warm spaces for the homeless.. The Carnegie ...

VANCOUVER — Researchers say opioid users in Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside are increasingly testing positive for the potent painkiller fentanyl, which was linked to the majority of fatal overdoses in ...

In the back alleys of Vancouver's Downtown Eastside, almost everyone has a fentanyl horror story. It's here that a growing number of addicts say they’re being forced to become skilled first ...