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The Results for Drug Reform Goals of Shifting from Interdiction/Punishment to Treatment

Publication type: 
Research Paper / Project Report
Agency: 
The Lindesmith Center
Date: 
1998
Pages: 
21
Collections: 
Vancouver Area Network of Drug Users
Summary: 
Article originally published in academic journals about drug policy in the United States. The author counters the popular belief among drug law reformists that increasing the amount of treatment programs for addicts will reduce levels of addiction and be of benefit for addicts from disadvantaged groups. By comparing what has happened with the increase in alcoholism treatment in the US, he makes the argument that promoting more drug treatment will in fact support moralistic and coercive approaches to drug use; will result in fewer social welfare services for marginalized addicts; and will not reduce overall substance abuse rates.
Keywords: 
drug law reform; drug reform; drug programs; drug treatment; harm reduction; US; USA; United States; drugs; drug use; drug laws; drug policy; alcoholism; alcohol; addiction; drug addiction

Responding to Homelessness in Greater Vancouver: Greater Vancouver Regional Steering Committee on Homelessness: Information Bulletin #3

Publication type: 
Newsletter
Agency: 
Greater Vancouver Regional Steering Committee on Homelessness
Sponsor: 
Supporting Communities Partnership Initiative (SCPI) of the National Homelessness Initiative (NHI) o
Date: 
2001-05
Pages: 
8
Collections: 
Vancouver Area Network of Drug Users
Summary: 
The Greater Vancouver Regional Steering Committee (RSCH) on Homelessness was formed under the federal government's National Homelessness Initiative (NHI), Supporting Communities Partnership Initiative (SCPI). This bulletin announces that the RSCH has produced a new regional plan to alleviate and prevent homelessness in the Greater Vancouver region. It provides an outline of plans for emergency, transition, supportive, and independent housing; employment policy and income assistance; and support services like outreach, drop-in centres, health services, and substance use services. It provides a list of next steps in this implementation process. The bulletin also gives an update on new research projects on homelessness in the region, carried out by the McCreary Centre Society, the GVRD, and the BC Ministry for Social Development and Economic Security (MSDES).
Keywords: 
BC Ministry for Social Development and Economic Security (MSDES); Greater Vancouver Regional Steering Committee on Homelessness (RSCH); Greater Vancouver Regional District (GVRD); Supporting Communities Partnership Initiative (SCPI); McCreary Centre Society; homelessness; affordable housing; support services; substance use; social policy; social housing; social supports; employment; Vancouver; British Columbia; welfare assistance; welfare policy; street youth; shelters

The Warren Herbert Case: Lifex3--Hard Labor--No Parole: Angola Prison Louisiana: Wrongful Conviction 1985

Publication type: 
Letter / Correspondence
Agency: 
Rittenhouse - A New Vision
Pages: 
4
Collections: 
Vancouver Area Network of Drug Users
Summary: 
A letter of advocacy by a volunteer at Rittenhouse, about the case of Warren Herbert who was abused and framed by police, and convicted of crimes resulting in three life sentences. The letter provides Warren Herbert's address and urges readers to support his cause through letters and financial contributions.
Keywords: 
Rittenhouse - A New Vision; justice; justice system; crime; criminal justice system; United States

Meth Amphetamine: A Homemade Crisis

Publication type: 
Brochure / Leaflet / Pamphlet / Information Sheet
Agency: 
Fred Victor Centre
Pages: 
8
Collections: 
Vancouver Area Network of Drug Users
Summary: 
Pamphlet describing methamphetamine and its impacts on drug users. Topics include the addictive and negative health effects of meth, how meth is used, information for harm reduction and community workers, how meth is made, safe meth use guidelines, and a list of recommendations such as the need for research funding, HIV/HCV prevention strategies, peer involvement and support strategies, and public education.
Keywords: 
Fred Victor Centre; crystal meth; methamphetamine; meth; drugs; drug users; drug use; drug programs; harm reduction; Toronto

Switzerland's Heroin Experiment

Publication type: 
Position Paper
Agency: 
The Lindesmith Center
Series: 
National Review, 10 July, 1995: 46-47
Date: 
1995-07-10
Pages: 
4
Collections: 
Vancouver Area Network of Drug Users
Summary: 
Article about a Swiss program which began to provide hard-core drug users with medically prescribed and monitored heroin, in 1994. Preliminary findings from the program included the fact that addicts' health improved but also that heroin prescription needs to be accompanied by social-psychological support measures. The Swiss government responded by expanding the program to include these supports. The author predicts that, as a harm reduction strategy, prescription heroin programs will be more effective at reducing the social, health and economic costs of drug use than the USA's "war on drugs".
Keywords: 
Switzerland; heroin; IDU; injection drug users; drug programs; prescription; prescription heroin; addiction; methadone; safe injection sites; war on drugs; US; USA; United States; drug treatment

Evaluation of Addiction, Drugs and Everyday Life Planning Session- March 23, 2000

Publication type: 
Conference / Meeting Proceedings
Agency: 
Vancouver Area Network of Drug Users (VANDU)
Date: 
2000-03-23
Pages: 
5
Collections: 
Vancouver Area Network of Drug Users
Summary: 
Meeting of a planning session to evaluate the effectiveness of a Social Work course on Addiction, Drugs and Everyday Life for VANDU attendees.
Keywords: 
addiction; drug use; program evaluation; community-based research

Drop-In Seniors Recovery Program

Publication type: 
Brochure / Leaflet / Pamphlet / Information Sheet
Agency: 
Seaview Alcohol and Drug Services "STRIVE' Program
Sponsor: 
North Shore Neighbourhood House
Date: 
2000-03
Pages: 
3
Collections: 
Vancouver Area Network of Drug Users
Summary: 
An information pamphlet and 2 posters of addiction programs for North and West Vancouver seniors operated by the Seaview Alcohol and Drug Services Program "STRIVE" in West Vancouver
Keywords: 
alcohol use; addictions; recovery; detox; support services; peer support; seniors;

How Canadian Laws and Policies On "Illegal" Drugs Contribute to the Spread of HIV Infection and Hepatitis B and C

Publication type: 
Policy Paper
Date: 
1995-12
Pages: 
37
Collections: 
Vancouver Area Network of Drug Users
Summary: 
A paper submitted to the Standing Senate Committee on Legal and Constitutional Affairs on December 14, 1995 during it's examination of Bill C-8, the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act. The paper outlines the various ways that Canadian drug laws contribute to infection rates and outlines policies, practices and laws that would help to prevent the spread of HIV and hepatitis. Prisons, drug laws and harm reduction interventions are featured in this report.
Keywords: 
Eugene Oscapella; drug use; hepatitis; HIV/AIDS; risk behaviour; drug law reform; activism; methadone; drug treatment; injection drug users; prisons; HIV risks; sex trade workers; criminal justice system; research; harm reduction; needle exchange programs; HIV education; HIV testing;

Economic Fact Sheet: Figures and Facts Relating to Illegal Drugs

Publication type: 
Brochure / Leaflet / Pamphlet / Information Sheet
Pages: 
5
Collections: 
Vancouver Area Network of Drug Users
Summary: 
Fact sheet on the economic costs of the illegal drug trade for the Canadian government. The largest cost is for incarceration. Other costs are in health care, property crime, police enforcement, and lost productivity. The fact sheet shows how drug treatment measures are much less expensive than crime control and enforcement measures.
Keywords: 
drugs; Canada; drug market; drug trade; economics; costs; crime; health care; war on drugs; decriminalization

Greater Vancouver Regional Steering Committee on Homelessness - Letter to organizations

Publication type: 
Letter / Correspondence
Agency: 
Greater Vancouver Regional Steering Committee on Homelessness
Date: 
2001-05-22
Pages: 
4
Collections: 
Vancouver Area Network of Drug Users
Summary: 
Letter from the Greater Vancouver Regional Steering Committee on Homelessness to organizations and Boards announcing the Regional Homelessness Plan for Greater Vancouver (Mach 2001). Originally a copy of the Plan was attached to this letter, as was Information Bulletin Number 3 written by the Steering committee. The letter outlines the history of the development of the Steering Committee, its structure and activities. The letter requests that organizations and Boards review the Plan and pass motions to endorse it if they are satisfied. A membership list for the Steering Committee is attached.
Keywords: 
Greater Vancouver Regional Steering Committee on Homelessness; housing; homelessness; Vancouver; GVRD; Greater Vancouver Regional District; housing policy

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