The Georgia Straight6y
Crackdown, a new podcast from the Downtown Eastside, reports on the drug war through the eyes of its victims
The overdose epidemic receives a lot of media attention in Vancouver. More than 350 people in the city died after taking drugs last year, which is an astronomical number for a population its size.
The Columbian4d
VHA makes progress on crime and drug trafficking at The Pacific and The Meridian apartments in central Vancouver
The passageway between The Pacific and The Meridian apartment complexes was tranquil on a recent afternoon — a stark contrast ...
heraldscotland26d
The lessons we can learn from Vancouver drug consumption room
He had used this specific facility in Vancouver ... It opened in 2003 on East Hastings Street in the DTES against the backdrop of an unprecedented epidemic of hard drug use and HIV infections.
The Vancouver Sun24d
Battle brews over B.C. civil forfeiture after Vancouver drug activist targeted
The B.C. government says more than $100,000 seized in police raids of Vancouver mushroom dispensaries ... It really affects our ‘get your drugs tested program,’ which we put most of our ...
The Georgia Straight8y
Skirting drug laws, Vancouver social-housing operators create consumption rooms for tenants who fear fentanyl
In October 2016, PHS staff working in the nonprofit’s Vancouver housing sites responded to 168 drug overdoses. In November, that number was 183. In December, it was 252.