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Workers at Vancouver's supervised-injection site have been faced with a higher-than-normal number of drug overdoses this week. A spokeswoman with Vancouver Coastal Health Authority says it's unclear...
Insite is North America's only supervised-injection site, where addicts shoot up their own drugs under the watchful eyes of a nurse to prevent overdoses.
A day after a woman -- now identified by police as Ashlie Gough, 23, of Victoria -- was found dead at Occupy Vancouver, energy at the camp was "thick" as demonstrators debated their next steps.
I facilitate creative writing at Onsite, the detox centre just on the upstairs of Insite on East Hastings Street. The workshop is organized by Megaphone magazine, a street paper sold by homeless and...
Insite coordinator Russell Maynard said he expects some controversy over the recent decision by Vancouver Coastal Health to launch a pilot project that will distribute crack pipes to users....
MONTREAL -- Heroin-related debris, like discarded needles, dropped 46 per cent in a Montreal neighbourhood after an injection clinic opened there in 2005, a newly published study suggests. The...