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Analysis of the 2011 Lancet study on deaths from overdose in the vicinity of Vancouver’s Insite Supervised Injection Facility
Gary Christian, Research Coordinator of Drug Free Australia and Dr. Colin Mangham, Director of Research DPNC, expose the bad science and faulty research methods in the Lancet study of drug overdoses around Insite. To read the full analysis, please see … Continue reading
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BLOG
We are pleased to tell you that the new DRUG PREVENTION NETWORK OF CANADA BLOG is up and running. You can find it here or under the menu heading LINKS. In coming days, you will find entries and posts, including … Continue reading
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New Page
Dear Friends & Colleagues, We have a new sub-page on our web site menu. If you click NEWS, you can check the latest news and updates. But you can also click a new sub-page called AL’S ALERTS. DPNC Director Al … Continue reading
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Response to President’s Letter
Thank you Ms Landolt for your interview on the radio and your article in today’s National Post. As a resident of downtown Toronto I have been involved in arguing against The Toronto Drug Strategy and a safe use site in … Continue reading
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DPNC PRESIDENT’S LETTER TO THE NATIONAL POST
May 30, 2011 Letter to the Editor The National Post 300 – 1450 Don Mills Road Don Mills, Ontario M3B 3R5 Fax 416-383-2305 Dear Sir: Thomas Kerr, author of the article on the Vancouver Drug Injection facility (May 30, 2011) … Continue reading
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Heroin addict says Insite trained her to use
Excellent local CTV video and print story on Insite: http://bit.ly/iUXqLz
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3 CONTRIBUTIONS ON “INSITE” FROM DPNC BOARD MEMBER AL ARSENAULT
ONE The battle over Insite’s future Vancouver Observer- Jenny Uechi Tomorrow, the Supreme Court will begin hearing the case for continued operation of Insite, Vancouver’s safe injection site. Proponents call it a life-saving health facility, while critics view it as … Continue reading
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THE TRUTH ABOUT ÌNSITE
This letter from our President, Gwen Landolt, was sent, as well, to the Globe and Mail. Letter to the Editor Ottawa Citizen 1101 Baxter Road Box 5020 Ottawa, ON K2C 3M4 Your editorial in support of the Vancouver drug injection … Continue reading
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CHARLFORD HOUSE HIGHLIGHTED
Burnaby recovery centre doesn’t compromise with addiction: By Gerry Bellett, Vancouver Sun May 5, 2011 Theologians will advise you can’t parley with the Devil and remain unscathed and neither, according to the operators of Burnaby’s Charlford House, can you trifle … Continue reading
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DPNC ON TV – “SAFE” INJECTION SITES
Here is the link to watch DPNC Executive Director, David Berner, on Alberta Prime Time TV, discussing the possibility of opening “safe” injection sites in Edmonton and Calgary: http://www.albertaprimetime.com/SearchResults.aspx?sr=safe%20injection%20sites
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