VANCOUVER – Delegates from Colombia and Brazil hope to replicate Vancouver’s innovative approach to harm reduction around illegal drug use even as the Canadian government aims to impose stricter rules for opening supervised injection sites.
Representatives of Viva Rio, a non-profit organization in Rio De Janeiro, and a government official from Colombia visited Insite, Vancouver’s safe injection site, on Tuesday, saying they’re looking for a way to lower the impact of drug use in their countries.
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Earlier this week, a report by the B.C. Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS said that Vancouver’s approach to illicit drug use is effective because the number of people reported sharing needles dropped dramatically between 1996 and 2011.
The Canadian Press
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