Victoria Greens
Working together for a better Victoria

Making camping illegal on the Green won’t solve the root of the problem
 
By Philippe Lucas, Times ColonistSeptember 22, 2010
 
 Every day, in the neighbourhood where I live with my wife and two-year-old daughter, people laugh, cry, drink alcohol, take drugs, crap, urinate and vomit.
 
Some fight, some make love, some […]

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Times Colonist, January 4th, 2009
 
People respond to stress or crisis in many different ways; sometimes, I cook. When my wife went into labour in the middle of the night a few months ago, I got out of bed and made braised lamb shanks, garlic pork ribs, and Thai curry to stock us […]

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Dec 12, 2008
BC’S MEDICAL HEALTH OFFICER SAYS THE VANCOUVER ISLAND HEALTH AUTHORITY NEEDS TO DO RAPID ASSESSMENT TO SEE IF THE RATES OF HIV AND HEPATITIS-C HAVE GONE UP SINCE VICTORIA’S NEEDLE EXCHANGE CLOSED DOWN.
DR. PERRY KENDALL SAYS THE LACK OF A FIXED LOCATION FOR DRUG USERS TO SAFELY DISPOSE OF NEEDLES IS LEADING TO […]

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By Patrick Sullivan, Canadian Medical Association
 
Results from a survey of CMA members indicate that physicians strongly support the use of harm reduction efforts such as supervised injection sites as part of a comprehensive public health strategy to reduce the harmful effects of drug addiction.
The survey, which involved 1,500 physicians belonging to the CMA’s e-panel, was […]

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Pubdate: Thursday, October 23, 2008
Source: Globe and Mail (Canada)
 
The facilities will not cure drug abuse but they’re integral to strategies for prevention and rehabilitation
 
ANDRÉ PICARD
 
In the waning days of the federal election campaign, there was an important development in the continuing saga surrounding Insite, Vancouver’s safe-injection site.
 
Pivot Legal Society released documents, […]

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Far fewer needles handed out and returned since fixed-site exchange was closed
Louise Dickson and Sandra Mcculloch
Times Colonist
Thursday, September 18, 2008
Victoria’s mobile needle exchange is handing out far fewer needles to addicts than its fixed-site predecessor, statistics released yesterday show.
The experiences of Peter, who has used both services, might explain why.
Before the Cormorant Street needle exchange […]

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The needle exchange — or the absence of one — is just another symbol of this community’s near total failure to deal with the escalating problems of addiction, mental illness, homelessness and crime.

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