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Conservative Senator Talks Harm Reduction

First, for those who have not seen it Maxine Davis, Executive Director of the Dr. Peter Foundation has an important op-ed in the Vancouver Sun titled Attention Ottawa: Insite is a health care service.
More intriguing Safe Games 2010 and the Keeping the Door Open Society (which, for full disclosure, I sit on the board of) [...]

Why Insite Matters

For those who have not seen it there is a stunning piece on the 5th Estate about Insite – the Supervised Injection Site in the Downtown Eastside of Vancouver – where TV cameras are allowed inside the facility for the first time.
I wish I could embed the video in this blog post and walk you [...]

¶ Posted 18 March 2009 | David Eaves § canadian politics § vancouver ‡ Comments (3) ° Tagged: addiction, canadian politics, harm reduction, health, healthcare, injection site, Insite, vancouver

Shootings in Vancouver – how our definition of success leads us to failure

After a rash of shootings in Vancouver last week (which continues) I was completely astounded to read this quote by the RCMP in the Globe and Mai:
Violence between competing Mexican cartels is squeezing the flow of drugs from source countries such as Mexico and Colombia through cities such as Los Angeles, one of the major [...]

¶ Posted 09 March 2009 | David Eaves § vancouver ‡ Comments (4) ° Tagged: illegal drugs, injection site, Insite, naomi, RCMP, vancouver, war on drugs

Wente’s disgraceful piece on Insite and harm reduction

Last Saturday Margaret Wente wrote this disgraceful piece on harm reduction in Vancouver.
In short, what is written is a compilation of anecdotal statements that ignore the actual research and science that has measured Insite’s positive impact. A quote from a sergeant who may or may not have an axe to grind is apparently worth [...]

¶ Posted 15 July 2008 | David Eaves § media § vancouver ‡ Comments (16) ° Tagged: downtown-eastside, drug policy, globe and mail, Insite, margaret wente, media, vancouver

Tory logic: Injection sites in Quebec = good, in BC = bad

So Yaffe’s Wednesday column (which I talked about yesterday) about how Insite would not be challenged by the conservative government if it were in Quebec has turned out to be sadly prescient.
Today, the Globe is reporting that Federal Conservative Health Minister Tony Clement is willing to consider Quebec’s request for an injeciton site even as [...]