Needle Exchange - Updates, Opinions and Other...
#321
Posted 21 May 2010 - 08:29 AM
I do understand that its not really the cities responsibility; however, none of this is. I also understand the police are powerless due to our useless justice system.
#322
Posted 21 May 2010 - 08:36 AM
Despite the fact that many addicts are more costly to care for than stable detoxed people, finding the money to do it seems impossible.
Part of the problem I'm told is staff shortages--there simply isn't enough people trained in this field (health/street issues) to cover the need. Many agencies are poaching staff from each other.
#323
Posted 05 August 2010 - 01:19 AM
By Robert Randall • Published on Thursday, August 5, 2010
VibrantVictoria has learned that City Councillor Phillipe Lucas and Harm Reduction Victoria are investigating the possibility of opening a needle exchange in the 700 block Johnson Street, in a storefront location at the bottom of the City-owned Johnson Street Parkade.
#324
Posted 05 August 2010 - 04:12 AM
#325
Posted 05 August 2010 - 06:03 AM
#326
Posted 05 August 2010 - 06:17 AM
#327
Posted 05 August 2010 - 06:29 AM
#328
Posted 05 August 2010 - 07:23 AM
#329
Posted 05 August 2010 - 07:40 AM
And they can camp in Cridge Park again once the landscaping is finished. So convenient!You know, the conference centre and Crystal Gardens have a whole bunch of empty storefronts...
#330
Posted 05 August 2010 - 11:50 AM
Our neighbourhood is in the middle of a transition and rejuvenation, and we have always had our fair share of drug activity on our street. These services should be offered in the Pandora neighbourhood at the epicenter of the problem, near Our Place. The best plan so far was for a comprehensive exchange that incorporated health workers and a community police station in the old St John Ambulance building. Another location to look at could be industrial Rock Bay.
I am not against the idea of a needle exchange or even a safe consumption site, however, you will be doing both the street community and the new downtown residents a disservice by not locating the services exactly where they are needed.
#331
Posted 05 August 2010 - 07:31 PM
#332
Posted 05 August 2010 - 07:36 PM
#333
Posted 05 August 2010 - 07:51 PM
#334
Posted 14 August 2010 - 11:57 AM
It's funny, just a few years ago people were fretting about how that building was going to ruin the neighbourhood. New condominiums? Uproar. Needle exchange? Crickets.As a resident of 760 Johnson Street, plans for a needle exchange literally next door to our home brings grave concern.
#335
Posted 14 August 2010 - 12:02 PM
#336
Posted 18 August 2010 - 11:33 AM
Heather, HRV
#337
Posted 30 September 2011 - 09:55 AM
Harper government to comply with unanimous decision
OTTAWA — The Harper government said Friday it is disappointed but will comply with a unanimous Supreme Court of Canada ruling which concluded that the government's attempt to shut down North America's only supervised injection site violates the Charter of Rights.
The judges said the government's 2008 move to deny a permit extension to Insite, in Vancouver's downtrodden Downtown Eastside, was "arbitrary," threatened to undermine health and safety, and was unconstitutional.
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