"In mix of history, journalism, political analysis, and first-person accounts ... [the authors] offer a portrait of one of North America's poorest, most drug-challenged neighbourhoods: Vancouver's Downtown Eastside"--From publisher description.
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ISBN:9781553652984 (pbk.)
Physical Description:print 319 p., [24] p. of plates : ill ; 22 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [293]-309) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:
The early years -- We call the Downtown Eastside -- Lethal heroin, killer Coke, and Expo 86 -- The Cain report -- Woodward's -- Homelss and mentally ill -- Vancouver's HIV/AIDS epidemic : the worst in the western world -- Ham reduction : a gassroots struggle -- Da Vinci's Inquest -- The missing women -- Four pillars -- Canada's first supervised injection site -- The harm reduction two-steps -- Sex work, safety, and santuaries -- Naomi and the fight to save Insite -- Housing Vancouver's poor -- The road ahead.
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