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This email is to inform you that one of our favourite films, Tears for April, has been accepted into the BRAND NEW Reel Recovery Film Festival which is being held at District 319 (319 Main Street, Vancouver) between October 21-23, … Continue reading →

Martinuk: Some insight into Insite – the data don’t hold up By Susan Martinuk, Calgary HeraldOctober 14, 2011 Susan Martinuk’s Photo On Sept. 30, the Supreme Court of Canada ruled that Insite, Vancouver’s drug injection site for addicts, is exempt … Continue reading →

FROM DPNC BOARD MEMBER, ANDY BIGRAS: Here’s the response to my letter direct from the director of Insite. He is playing games with what I said. The evidence I was referring to was never presented which means they didn’t miss … Continue reading →

The ORCHARD RECOVERY CENTER, on Bowen Island, BC, has put together a three-day celebration of the arts, showcasing honest films about addiction and recovery. All of the information and details can be found on our DPNC BLOG. Check it out … Continue reading →

ANDY BIGRAS IS THE TREASURER OF THE DPNC BOARD OF DIRECTORS. HE HAS WRITTEN AN EXCELLENT RESPONSE TO A JOURNALIST’S WOEFULLY IGNORANT RANT. Dan Gardner wrote the following article after the decision on Insite. My response to his letter was … Continue reading →

I was asked recently to write a short piece for ROGERS HEALTH as a counterpoint to a nurse who is in favor of Insite. This is my submission: Would you knowingly cross the street to give a drunk a clean … Continue reading →

Barbara Kay, National Post · Oct. 5, 2011 | Last Updated: Oct. 5, 2011 3:05 AM ET In 2003, Insite, the first experimental supervised injection site in North America, was installed in Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside (DTES), Canada’s poster district for entrenched substance … Continue reading →

The following Media Release was posted today by DPNC President Gwen Landolt. M E D I A   R E L E A S E For Immediate Release                                                                      October 3, 2011   A DRUG ADDICT’S DESTINY   Drug addicts are human … Continue reading →

The organization, REAL WOMEN OF CANADA, was one of the official intervenors before the Supreme Court in the matter of the so-called “safe” injection site known ironically as “Insite.” Here is their response to the Court’s decision. REAL Women of … Continue reading →

M E D I A   R E L E A S E For immediate Release                                                                      September 22, 2011   ERRONEOUS STUDY ON VANCOUVER INJECTION SITE EXPOSED   Three Australian doctors, a Canadian Ph.D., and Dr. Robert Dupont, the President of … Continue reading →