Harm Reduction

Insite gets stamp of approval from Canada’s health minister

Federal Health Minister Jane Philpott has given a heartfelt stamp of approval to the work of Vancouver’s Insite supervised-injection site, a dramatic shift in tone from the previous Conservative government on harm reduction strategies that could have consequences across the country. The new Liberal Health Minister, a family doctor who founded a charity that has […]

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Health authority plans for more drug injection sites in Vancouver

Dr. Patricia Daly buoyed by Trudeau government’s support for Dr. Peter Centre site Vancouver Coastal Health is pushing ahead with a plan to provide more supervised drug injection sites in the city and open them in existing community health centres. Dr. Patricia Daly, chief medical health officer for the health authority, said the plan is

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Health minister Jane Philpott ‘incredibly moved’ by Insite supervised injection site visit

In yet another sign of that Justin Trudeau’s Liberals have a very different approach to drugs than the previous government, federal Health Minister Jane Philpott yesterday toured Insite, the long-standing supervised injection site on Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside and called the experience “incredibly moving.” That might not seem remarkable; numerous peer-reviewed studies have shown that Insite

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Vancouver subset struggling to escape corrections system’s ‘revolving door,’ study says

The most chronic offenders in Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside incur public service costs of more than $5-million every year yet see no meaningful signs of improvement, according to a new study from Simon Fraser University. The findings suggest that this subset of about 300 people needs targeted, intensive supports to escape the “revolving door” of the

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From Little Hope to Remarkable Change: A Success Story from the STOP HIV/AIDS¨ Team

This is a success story from the STOP HIV/AIDS, a program of Vancouver Coastal Health based on the Treatment as Prevention¨ model of providing immediate and universal access to HIV treatment for all diagnosed. The STOP Team reaches out to vulnerable and hard-to-reach populations..

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Harm reduction ‘back on the table’ with Trudeau win

Insite pioneers say government open to more supervised injection services now that the Tories are gone. A Liberal majority government will open the door for more supervised injection sites across Canada, according to Larry Campbell. The Liberal senator was Vancouver’s mayor when Insite became the first supervised injection site in North America. It remains the

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Minister defends bill requiring consultation on injection site applications

The federal government would be irresponsible if it did not insist that recently tabled legislation regarding drug injection sites include provisions requiring community consultation, says a Conservative cabinet minister. “This is clearly a matter of public health and public safety, and I think Canadians would expect the minister of health to listen carefully to the

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Safe injection site’s operational future in jeopardy

Vancouver’s Insite receives one-year renewal On March 25, Parliament passed the “Respect For Communities Act,” or Bill C-2. This amendment creates further regulations in allowing supervised drug consumption sites across the country. Insite, located in the Downtown Eastside, is the first and the only legal supervised injection site in North America. The facility is operated

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EDITORIAL: No end Insite

Say what you will about Prime Minister Harper and his government. They’re nothing if not persistent. Vancouver’s pioneering safe injection facility Insite earned its annual exemption form the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act to continue offering harm reduction services for people addicted to heroin this week. But that exemption is going to be a lot

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