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Coalition Against Police Harassment and Brutality: Our Demand to the Vancouver Police Board

Publication type: 
Brochure / Leaflet / Pamphlet / Information Sheet
Agency: 
Vancouver Coalition Against Police Harassment and Brutality
Date: 
2000-03-21
Pages: 
2
Collections: 
Vancouver Area Network of Drug Users
Summary: 
The Coalition Against Police Harassment and Brutality's demands to the Vancouver Police Board when interacting with the people of Vancouver. The five demands include abiding by the Code of Professional Conduct, prioritizing crimes against people over crimes against property, accountability, no private funding of the Police Department and finally open communication with residents.
Keywords: 
Coalition Against Police Harassment and Brutality; Vancouver Police Board; Vancouver Police Department; downtown eastside; DTES; community housing; police abuse; downtown eastside revitalization program; social housing policy; drug-related crime; low-income housing;

Introduction, Speaking Out Against Drug Legalization

Publication type: 
Position Paper
Agency: 
US Department of Justice
Pages: 
1
Collections: 
Vancouver Area Network of Drug Users
Summary: 
The introduction page to the US Department of Justice Drug Enforcement Administration's (DEA) online position paper opposing the legalization of drugs.
Keywords: 
US Department of Justice; Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA); social services; drug abuse; crime; drug legalization; drug-related crime

The Downtown Eastside Revitalization Program, Downtown Eastside "Extraordinary" Policing, and Business Improvement Associations (BIA's): Why the People of the DTES Are Being Harassed and Brutalized

Publication type: 
Position Paper
Agency: 
Coalition Against Police Harassment and Brutality
Date: 
2000
Pages: 
3
Collections: 
Vancouver Area Network of Drug Users
Summary: 
The Vancouver Coalition Against Police Harassment and Brutality's position paper on the Downtown Eastside Revitalization Program. This paper examines the problems with the plan from the perspective of residents: the criminalization of people with disabilities and lack of social services during the gentrification of the downtown eastside luxury housing development.
Keywords: 
Coalition Against Police Harassment and Brutality; downtown eastside; DTES; community housing; police abuse; downtown eastside revitalization program; social housing policy; drug-related crime; low-income housing; gentrification

The NIH Consensus Conference on the Management of Hepatitis C: 2002. Part 2

Publication type: 
Training / Education Manual
Agency: 
HCV Advocate
Series: 
Part 2
Date: 
2002-12-09
Pages: 
18
Collections: 
Vancouver Area Network of Drug Users
Summary: 
The National Institute of Health Consensus Conference on the Management of Hepatitis C 2002 summary paper. The report lists conference abstracts for Prevention of Spread of HCV, Sexual Activity as a Risk Factor for Hepatitis C Infection, Maternal Infant Transmission, Introduction to Therapy of Hepatitis C, Optimal Therapy of Hepatitis C, Retreatment of Patients with Chronic Hepatitis C, and Treatment for Hepatitis C: A Systematic Review
Keywords: 
National Institute of Health; hepatitis c; risk transmission; prevention; mother to child transmission; injection drug use; interferon; ribavirin; systematic review

Community Engagement Framework Summary

Publication type: 
Position Paper
Agency: 
Vancouver Coastal Health Authority
Date: 
2002
Pages: 
5
Collections: 
Vancouver Area Network of Drug Users
Summary: 
The Vancouver Coastal Health Authority's summary paper on the proposed Community Engagement framework for the Ministry of Health. The summary outlines the definition, expectations, commitment and levels of engagement by the staff of the Vancouver Coastal Health Authority.
Keywords: 
Vancouver Coastal Health Authority; community engagement; Ministry of Health; consultation; marginalized communities; action plan; project development; program evaluation; diversity

The First Supervised Injection Site in North America Opens

Publication type: 
Media Release
Agency: 
Carnegie Centre
Pages: 
4
Collections: 
Vancouver Area Network of Drug Users
Summary: 
An article written portraying the history of the process to open Vancouver's Supervised Injection Site (INSITE). The collaborative effort between VANDU, the Mayors Phillip Owen and Larry Campbell, and Vancouver Coastal Health Authority results in the successful opening of the first supervised injection site in North America
Keywords: 
Vancouver Area Network of Drug Users; Insite; supervised injection site; safe injection rooms; substance use; injection drug use; civil liability; program guidelines; program evaluation; detox; methadone; downtown eastside; DTES; overdose deaths;

Resisting Police Harassment and Brutality: A Community Meeting

Publication type: 
Conference / Meeting Proceedings
Agency: 
Vancouver Area Network of Drug Users (VANDU)
Date: 
1999-12-11
Pages: 
3
Collections: 
Vancouver Area Network of Drug Users
Summary: 
Notes taken at a community meeting to discuss resisting police harassment and brutality in Vancouver's downtown eastside neighbourhood. Issues, topics, goals, actions, propaganda and research were reported from the first focus group held December 11, 1999.
Keywords: 
Vancouver Area Network of Drug Users; police abuse; downtown eastside; DTES; community housing; police abuse; downtown eastside revitalization program; social housing policy; drug-related crime; low-income housing; mental health; action plan; violence against women; activism; protest; human rights

Hepatitis C Council of NSW Newsletter back copies Editions 1-9, Edition 7

Publication type: 
Newsletter
Agency: 
Hepatitis C Council of NSW
Sponsor: 
NSW Health
Series: 
7 of 9
Date: 
1993-12
Pages: 
7
Collections: 
Vancouver Area Network of Drug Users
Summary: 
The seventh edition of the Hepatitis C Council of NSW in Australia newsletter that features the effects of the hepatitis c virus on the body, self-care techniques of relaxation, diet, and exercise. This issue contains several reports on mind-body connection, the placebo effect of home remedies and a comparison with HCV rates in the US.
Keywords: 
Hepatitis Council of NSW; hepatitis c; hepatitis c virus infection; alternative therapies; treatment; vaccine; interferon; research; social support; nutrition; exercise; cirrhosis; liver function tests; neutriceuticals; research; placebo effect

Hepatitis C Council of NSW Newsletter back copies Editions 1-9, Edition 8

Publication type: 
Newsletter
Agency: 
Hepatitis C Council of NSW
Sponsor: 
NSW Health
Series: 
8 of 9
Date: 
1994-03
Pages: 
7
Collections: 
Vancouver Area Network of Drug Users
Summary: 
The eighth edition of the Hepatitis C Council of NSW in Australia newsletter that features an editorial on the Australian government's lack of resource allotment to HCV programs, blood supply safety and disability insurance discrimination.
Keywords: 
Hepatitis Council of NSW; hepatitis c; hepatitis c virus infection; alternative therapies; treatment; vaccine; interferon; research; social support; nutrition; exercise; cirrhosis; liver function tests; neutriceuticals; research; discrimination; government policy

Hepatitis C Council of NSW Newsletter back copies Editions 1-9, Edition 9

Publication type: 
Newsletter
Agency: 
Hepatitis C Council of NSW
Sponsor: 
NSW Health
Series: 
9 of 9
Date: 
1994-06
Pages: 
8
Collections: 
Vancouver Area Network of Drug Users
Summary: 
The ninth edition of the Hepatitis C Council of NSW newsletter that features standard precaution measures in hospital and an editorial on social security and disability claims for hepatitis C.
Keywords: 
Hepatitis Council of NSW; hepatitis c; hepatitis c virus infection; alternative therapies; treatment; vaccine; interferon; research; social support; nutrition; exercise; cirrhosis; liver function tests; neutriceuticals; research; discrimination; government policy; standard precautions; universal precautions; social security

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