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 Vancouver Sun25d
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 ...
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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 Georgia Straight6y
B.C. Court of Appeal dismisses mother's death-benefit claim for murdered Vancouver drug dealer Kevin Valentyne
His death came after entered a house occupied by drug dealers at the corner of North ... Valentyne's blood was discovered in the home. Vancouver police issued a missing-person bulletin but his ...