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Harm
Reduction:
Canada
Health
Minister
Says
More
Safe
Injection
Sites
Should
Open
If
Communities
Approve
9/30/05
https://stopthedrugwar.org/chronicle-old/405/injectionsites.shtml
With Vancouver's Downtown
Eastside safe injection site now two years old and working as planned,
Canadian Health Minister Ujjal Dosanjh said last week that more should
open across the country provided they have the backing of neighborhoods,
local politicians, and health officials. If local communities are
willing to support them, they should be allowed to operate, Dosanjh said
in remarks quoted by the Canadian Press.
"I'm a big proponent of harm
reduction," Dosanjh proclaimed. "I believe that we need to make sure
we provide assistance to people who are addicted."
Health officials in Vancouver
report that in the two years the Downtown Eastside site has been open,
hundreds of overdose deaths have been prevented and many injection drug
users have been directed to counseling and addiction services. Officials
reported that zero overdose deaths occurred at the site.
The Vancouver site is a three-year
pilot project operating under an exemption from Health Canada. It
will need to be re-approved next year. While Dosanjh refused to say
whether he will grant renewed approval, he did hint broadly he was leaning
in that direction. "I would be inclined to approve it," he told Canada
Press.
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Issue #405
-- 9/30/05
Commentary:
Direct
from
Kabul
--
DRCNet
on
the
Scene
in
Afghanistan
This
Week
and
Next
|
On
the
Scene
I:
European
Think
Tank
Calls
for
Licensed
Opium
Cultivation
at
Afghanistan
Conference
--
Response
Varied
|
On
the
Scene
II:
Afghanistan's
Neighbors
Look
With
Interest
at
Licensing
Proposal
|
On
the
Scene
III:
Beyond
Treatment
and
Prevention
--
Harm
Reduction
in
Afghanistan
|
Denied:
Massachusetts
Jury
Slaps
Down
Overreaching
District
Attorney
in
"School
Zone"
Bust
|
Methamphetamine:
House
Democrats
Challenge
Harsher
Penalties
in
Federal
Methamphetamine
Bill
|
Methamphetamine:
SAMHSA
Says
Meth
Use
Steady,
Problem
Use
Increasing
--
Data
Says
Yes
But
Not
as
Much
as
SAMSHA
Implies
|
Needle
Exchange:
LA
Cops
Hassle
NEP
Clients
--
Complaint
Filed
|
Harm
Reduction:
Canada
Health
Minister
Says
More
Safe
Injection
Sites
Should
Open
If
Communities
Approve
|
Web
Scan:
GAO
Report,
Cascade
and
AAPS
Blast
Meth
Madness,
New
Orleans
Jail
in
the
Flood,
MedMj
Legal
Brief
Bank,
Charles
Shaw
on
Alternet,
DEA's
Microgram
|
Weekly:
This
Week
in
History
|
DRCNet
T-Shirt
Design
Contest
|
OSI
Offering
Justice
Fellowships
in
2006
--
Deadline
Next
Month
|
Job
Opportunity:
National
Field
Director,
Marijuana
Policy
Project
|
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The
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Calendar
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