Vancouver Area Network of Drug Users

Network and its treatment, microbicide and vaccine advocacy work; Network fights discriminatory hiring practices at the Montreal Police Service; Global Health is Human Right garners widespread support; HIV/AIDS, Prisoners, Human Rights and the Law; Disclosure of HIV Status after Cuerrier: Resources for Community Based Organizations; New Network Report examines regulation of pharmaceutical prices; Advocacy for prisoners continues to be a priority for the Network; Increase to CSHA funding a step in the right direction, but too little, too late; Network news, staff, new resources.

Set of 12 Fact Sheets about the health, human rights, legal and ethical issues related to injection drug use and HIV in Canada, produced by the Canadian HIV/AIDS Legal Network for 2002/2003. They are: 1) Injection Drug Use and HIV/AIDS: The Facts; 2) The Current Legal Status of Drugs; 3) Drug Use and Provision of Health and Social Services; 4) Treatment; 5) Prescription of Opiates and Controlled Stimulants; 6) Drug Users and Studies of HIV/AIDS and Illegal Drugs; 7) Information about the Use and Effects of Drugs; 8) Needle Exchange Programs; 9) Methadone Maintenance Treatment; 10) Safe Injection Facilities; 11) And Obligation to Act (for Canada); 12) Essential Resources (bibliography of articles, reports, books).

Newsletter in French and English. Save Lives Now! Network work on amending Canada's Patent Act / Sauver des vies maintenant! L'amendement de la loi canadienne sur les brevets; After Cuerrier comes Williams - Disclosure of HIV Status / Divulgation de la s

Newsletter with articles entitled: UN to visit Pivot; Pivot Calls for Public Review of police complaints process; MPs meet with sex workers and Pivot; Remembering the Missing Women of the Downtown Eastside; Empowerment through Calendar Sales; Pivot Legal Society, Advocating Change; Top 10 Reasons to Support Pivot; Pivot News; Pivot kicks off housing initiative.