Vancouver Area Network of Drug Users

Leaflet announcing an upcoming roundtable discussion to occur March 15, 2000 in Vancouver, about key issues affecting inner-city neighbourhoods. The proposed agenda includes presentation of an alternative city budget; the city operating budget timeline; discussion of issues of poverty, housing, lack of resources, crime and other social problems in various neighbourhoods; discussion of business improvement and community policing associations.

Report summarizing information on illicit drug use in Metropolitan Toronto, obtained from a wide variety of data sources. Data and statistics about cocaine, heroin, cannabis, tranquillizers, hallucinogens, solvents and stimulants) are presented in descriptive and graph form, with regard to police seizures; drug purity; drug treatment; and drug deaths, from the late 1980s to mid-1990s. Additional sections of the report provide information on needle exchange programs, other drug programs, and newborns affected by maternal drug use. A series of tables conclude the report, summarizing illicit drug data by year and in relation to different populations (adults, students, street youth, etc).

Draft of a pamphlet by the Harm Reduction Action Society, a non-profit in Vancouver whose purpose is to advocate, provide and promote harm reduction services and education for drug users and the public. It answers frequently asked questions such as: What is a safe injection room? What does it look like / How does it work? What are the benefits? Who works there? The pamphlet was written to educate the public about the value and need for safe injection rooms to address drug use in Vancouver.

Poster announcing a protest rally for International Day against Police Brutality, to be held at Victory Park at Hastings St and Cambie St. Includes drawing of a Vancouver Police officer physically subduing a civilian.