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Know about: HIV and AIDS

Publication type: 
Brochure / Leaflet / Pamphlet / Information Sheet
Agency: 
BC Coalition of People with Disabilities
Pages: 
13
Summary: 
An educational brochure for people with disabilities about HIV and AIDS. It provides information about how HIV is transmitted; how to protect yourself against HIV; choosing and using condoms; safe needle use; symptoms of HIV infection; HIV testing
Keywords: 
AIDS and Disability Action Program (ADAP); BC Coalition of People with Disabilities; Wellness and Disability Inititiative (WDI); British Columbia; HIV/AIDS; HIV; AIDS; disability; condoms; injection drug use; HIV risks; HIV prevention; HIV testing

A New Vision: The Rittenhouse Newsletter. Vol. 7, No. 3, Fall Issue

Publication type: 
Newsletter
Agency: 
Rittenhouse - A New Vision
Series: 
Vol. 7, No. 3, Fall Issue
Date: 
1999
Pages: 
8
Summary: 
This newsletter gives a report of volunteer, field placement, program and training workshop activities occurring at Rittenhouse in the fall of 1999. Several articles focus specifically on the events of Prisoners' Justice Day on August 10, 1999. Other articles concentrate on the case of Joe Faulder, a Canadian imprisoned in Texas and executed in June, 1999 despite protests by Canadian Officials, the U.S. Secretary of State, and prisoners' rights groups. The execution defied International Law and Treaty Agreements, and the case placed renewed focus on legal and humanitarian injustices in the Texas justice system.
Keywords: 
Rittenhouse - A New Vision; justice; justice system; crime; criminal justice system; restorative justice; Joe Faulder; Texas; United States

Methadone Questions: Literature Review and Discussion - Draft

Publication type: 
Research Paper / Project Report
Agency: 
HIV/IDU Working Committee
Date: 
1997-06-27
Pages: 
21
Summary: 
Research literature review about methadone treatment, particularly in relation to cocaine use. The paper was written by members of the HIV/IDU Working Committee, to assist in defining optimal use of methadone as part of a harm reduction continuum for IDU
Keywords: 
methadone; harm reduction; drug treatment; Downtown Eastside (DTES); Vancouver; addictions; HIV/AIDS; injection drug users (IDU); heroin; cocaine; HIV/IDU Working Committee

A Public Health Approach to Illegal Drugs

Publication type: 
Conference / Meeting Proceedings
Agency: 
Vancouver Coastal Health, Addiction Services
Series: 
Addiction Services, Education Series
Date: 
2002-03
Pages: 
19
Summary: 
Presentation given by Mark Haden of Addiction Services, Vancouver Coastal Health, about the need for a harm reduction and public health approach to illegal drugs and addiction in Canada. He reviews evidence of the many negative social, political, individual
Keywords: 
Vancouver Coastal Health; addictions; public health; harm reduction; British Columbia; drugs; Vancouver; war on drugs; criminalization; decriminalization; crime; police; prescriptions; Canada; USA; US; determinants of health; Germany; Switzerland; Amster

Harm Reduction / Drug Policy Reform Notes

Publication type: 
Conference / Meeting Proceedings
Agency: 
Addiction Services, Vancouver Coastal Health
Series: 
Addiction Services, Education Series
Date: 
2002
Pages: 
8
Summary: 
Point-form notes used by Mark Haden of Addiction Services, Vancouver Coastal Health, for a lecture on Harm Reduction and Drug Policy Reform. He reviews evidence of the many negative social, political, individual, health, family and economic consequences
Keywords: 
Vancouver Coastal Health; addictions; public health; harm reduction; British Columbia; drugs; Vancouver; war on drugs; criminalization; decriminalization; crime; police; prescriptions; Canada; USA; US; determinants of health; Germany; Switzerland; Amster

Libby Davies, MP, Vancouver East: In the House. Policy Area: Motion to Implement Prescription Heroin Trials, House of Commons Debates, April 28, 1999

Publication type: 
Conference / Meeting Proceedings
Date: 
1999-04
Pages: 
20
Summary: 
Record of speech by Libby Davies in 1999 at the House of Commons in Ottawa in her motion to implement a prescription heroin trial in the Downtown Eastside of Vancouver. Davies argues that research gathered through a trial is needed in order implement more
Keywords: 
Libby Davies; government; government policy; Canada; Vancouver; Downtown Eastside; prescription heroin; heroin; policy; drug users; IDU; injection drug users; overdoses; harm reduction

We are all Victims of the War on Drugs

Publication type: 
Brochure / Leaflet / Pamphlet / Information Sheet
Agency: 
B.C. Anti-Prohibition League
Pages: 
2
Summary: 
Pamphlet by the B.C. Anti-Prohibition League that argues that contrary to common belief, drugs do not cause crime or negative health effects. Rather, it is law and policy that criminalizes drugs and punishes users that produce these effects.
Keywords: 
B.C. Anti-Prohibition League; drugs; drug use; decriminalization; war on drugs; British Columbia

Illicit Drug Statistics for British Columbia

Publication type: 
Research Paper / Project Report
Agency: 
Office of the Chief Coroner - British Columbia
Date: 
1998-07-07
Pages: 
6
Summary: 
Select statistics on overdose deaths as a result of illicit drug use in British Columbia, between 1988 and 1997. Statistics are given for total number of illicit drug deaths as well as drug deaths by age and gender. Total number of drug deaths by each town.
Keywords: 
overdose; drug use; British Columbia; mortality; statistics; deaths; BC Coroners Service

Methadone Experiences

Publication type: 
Research Paper / Project Report
Date: 
1998-04
Pages: 
4
Summary: 
Research paper based on qualitative interviews with drug users receiving methadone treatment. The research found that users face a number of dilemmas in treatment: 1) the problem of "double addiction" (to both drugs and the methadone/methadone support programs)
Keywords: 
methadone; harm reduction; drug treatment; Denmark; addictions

Community Policing: Don't Believe the Hype

Publication type: 
Position Paper
Agency: 
Vancouver Coalition Against Police Harassment and Brutality
Pages: 
6
Summary: 
Article describing the history and current state of community policing in Vancouver. It argues that the real function of community policing is to micro-manage neighbourhoods, increase the 'real' police presence in communities, and protect the rights of bus
Keywords: 
Vancouver Coalition Against Police Harassment and Brutality; Vancouver; Vancouver Police Board (VPD); community policing; activism

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