Vancouver City's drug harm reduction strategy: is it working?
The history of Vancouver City's drug harm reduction program goes back to 2003 with the first legal supervised injection site. It was a government response to address the availability of toxic drugs and the increase in rates of HIV, Hepatitis C, as well as overdose deaths. Many years have passed. We should ask the question: has the program been effective?
Here are the significant dates:
1988–1989: First Needle Exchange: In response to the HIV epidemic, the Downtown Eastside Youth Activities Society (DEYAS) launched Canada's first needle exchange, funded by the city.1993–1994: The "Cain Report": Following a record number of overdose deaths, Chief Coroner Vince Cain released a report condemning the "War on Drugs" as a failure and recommending supervised injection sites, which were ignored by federal authorities at the time.
1995–1997: Grassroots Activism and Underground Sites: Frustrated by inaction, activists and drug users formed organizations like the Vancouver Area Network of Drug …
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