The Insite Victory and Kevin’s Story
I've written about Kevin before. The young heroin addict I found shooting up on the door step of the Yale Town apartment I was renting, while taking a summer course…
Insite
Outasite! Supreme Court bludgeons Con ideology with reality.
One of the few benefits of not having any political power is that you get to sit back and watch the majority power fall all over its own ideology and…
Outasite! Supreme Court bludgeons Con ideology with reality.
One of the few benefits of not having any political power is that you get to sit back and watch the majority power fall all over its own ideology and…
The Canadian Supreme Court rejects Conservative ideology for facts.
Not only am I pleased with the Insite rulling, I’m pleased it’s unanimous, in a strong rebuke to the Conservative government, who’s been trying to close this since 2008: A…
Insite Can Continue to Operate: Supreme Court
Insite is a safe injection site for drug users which has had proven health benefits for individuals and the community. Through their work Insite has been able to help many…
Supreme Court of Canada Backs Insite
Vancouver's safe injection site has been saved from Harper's attempts to shut it down. The Supreme Court of Canada has held that not allowing the clinic to operate would violate…
Well, What Do You Know
The Supreme Court has actually told the Conservatives to take a hike. They have saved Insite and as a result, the lives of countless drug addicts. Hooray for the triumph…
Sunday Morning Links
Assorted material for your weekend reading.- He's a bit too shy in pointing out exactly how thoroughly the Cons' position on the Canadian Wheat Board has been rebuked in CWB…
More on Meera Bai, Faith and Nursing
I realized after I wrote yesterday about Meera Bai and her work at Insite, the Vancouver safe drug injection site, that she has both a blog called Strong Hands and…
Insite comes to Ottawa
The Harper Government TM is still attempting to shut down Insite, Canada’s only supervised injection site. The case is now before the Supreme Court of Canada, which is where I…
Insite Goes To The Supreme Court
What is Insite? Opened in 2003. Operates in Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside. Addicts can inject illicit drugs (such as heroin) in a safe environment. This is part of a holistic harm-reduction…
Gun safety and registry!
What with all the hoo-ha over the gun registry recently, I wanted to put my two cents in. I got in a Facebook argument with someone I don't even know,…
Naloxone programs
So I just found out that a good friend of mine died of an overdose while I was in jail last week. It came as quite a surprise to her…