https://druglawreform.com/insite-not-just-injecting-but-connecting/
LEAP’s Executive Director, Neill Franklin, visits Insite in Vancouver, where vulnerable people can meet the chemical part of their addiction in a legal, regulated environment. Witness a working...
https://druglawreform.com/leap-visits-supervised-injection-site/
Ban on Allowing States to Use HIV Prevention Money on Life-Saving Syringe Programs was Overturned in 2009 After 20-Year Struggle Reinstatement of Ban will Lead to Thousands of New HIV/AIDS, Hepat...
https://druglawreform.com/congress-to-restore-federal-syringe-exchange-funding-ban/
An independent reviewer has dismissed concerns over a study that shows a 35-per-cent decrease in overdose deaths after the opening of Insite, North America’s only supervised injection facility....
https://druglawreform.com/allegations-against-ubc-researchers-study-on-insite-without-merit/
It has been interesting to observe the fallout from the recent Supreme Court of Canada (SCC) decision which allows Insite, Vancouver’s largest supervised injection facility (SIF), to remain in ...
Denial of health services and increased risk of death among drug users outweighs any benefit from absolute prohibition on drug possession By Peter McKnight, Vancouver Sun If nothing else, Friday�...
https://druglawreform.com/insite-victory-an-embarrassment-for-harper/
For Donovan Mahoney, the Insite facility in Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside was more than just a safe place to turn to for drugs. Since 2004, he’s checked in at the clinic about 1,000 times for...
https://druglawreform.com/court-decision-on-insite-safe-injection-project-coming-friday/
CBC News Aug 19, 2011 Alberta health officials will no longer hand out free crack pipes to addicts in Calgary. For three years Alberta Health Services has been quietly handing out clean crack pi...
https://druglawreform.com/calgary-addicts-no-longer-given-crack-pipes/
TORONTO – Crack addicts in Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside will soon be able to pick up free, clean crack pipes from their local health authority as part of the city’s harm-reduction strategy...
https://druglawreform.com/crack-pipe-pilot-program-sparks-social-media-debate/
By J.T. Junig, MD, PhD I’m curious what readers think about needle exchange programs, dosing rooms, and other means of harm reduction. Should we provide clean syringes and needles for drug addi...