Travis Lupick
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From  A Chance EncounterFrom: Fighting For Space |
This chapter retraces the early years of activists Liz Evans and Mark Townsend. Also the inception of The Portland Hotel at Downtown Eastside in Vancouver, which later evolved into PHS Community … | Travis Lupick | 22 | 2017 | $0.44 Add |
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From A Drug Dealer Finds ActivismFrom: Fighting For Space |
This chapter throws light on the life of Dean Wilson who was dubbed “Canada’s most famous junkie”. Wilson joined the burgeoning team at PHS and worked alongside Livingston and … | Travis Lupick | 22 | 2017 | $0.44 Add |
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From A Drug-Users UnionFrom: Fighting For Space |
This chapter throws light on the early years of struggle and the subsequent formation of Vancouver Area Network Drug Users (VANDU). | Travis Lupick | 30 | 2017 | $0.90 Add |
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From Back AlleyFrom: Fighting For Space |
By 1996, the fight for government-funded harm-reduction services was just beginning. Residents of the Downtown Eastside had to fight for a simple recognition of their existence. With overdose … | Travis Lupick | 32 | 2017 | $0.96 Add |
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From Boston, MassachusettsFrom: Fighting For Space |
Boston has a "Methadone Mile", a stretch in the city’s South End where needles litter the ground. Police tolerate the open drug use because to do otherwise would be futile. In … | Travis Lupick | 19 | 2017 | $0.19 Add |
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From Building AlliesFrom: Fighting For Space |
After repeatedly hitting a wall when it came to better government support for harm reduction, the Downtown Eastside activists strategically started seeking allies. The residents of the affluent … | Travis Lupick | 28 | 2017 | $0.56 Add |
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From Childhood Trauma and the Science of AddictionFrom: Fighting For Space |
In 1998, Dr. Gabor Mate placed a lucrative career on hold and joined hands with Liz Evans, treating addicts in the Downtown Eastside. Mate’s eight years with the Portland Hotel meant … | Travis Lupick | 26 | 2017 | $0.52 Add |
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From ConsequencesFrom: Fighting For Space |
The aftermath of opening Insite. | Travis Lupick | 17 | 2017 | $0.17 Add |
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From Court BattleFrom: Fighting For Space |
For four years, the Conservative administration had made it increasingly difficult for Insite to obtain annual exemptions from drug laws that it requires to operate. By 2007, it was clear that … | Travis Lupick | 24 | 2017 | $0.48 Add |
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From Crossing a LineFrom: Fighting For Space |
In early 2012, the regional health authority that funded Insite revealed it would soon cut funding for the Rainier Hotel, a housing project that benefited from on-site treatment programs for its … | Travis Lupick | 27 | 2017 | $0.54 Add |
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From Drug Users with a LawyerFrom: Fighting For Space |
John Richardson was a young lawyer facing an existential crisis. He found solace in Downtown Eastside, having been deeply moved by the dilapidated condition of drug users. He became a … | Travis Lupick | 21 | 2017 | $0.42 Add |
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From EpilogueFrom: Fighting For Space |
How did a group mostly composed of unemployed heroin users change the face of Canadian drug policy and health-care for addiction? It was not easy. | Travis Lupick | 21 | 2017 | $0.42 Add |
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From Establishing InsiteFrom: Fighting For Space |
The new Mayor of Vancouver finally gave in to the demands of the Downtown Eastside activists and the groundwork for “Insite” was laid. This chapter talks about the logistics of … | Travis Lupick | 28 | 2017 | $0.56 Add |
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From Fentanyl ArrivesFrom: Fighting For Space |
Since 2011, there has been a spike in drug overdose deaths in Vancouver. Fentanyl, a synthetic opioid is ten time stronger than heroin and fifty times more potent than morphine. The fight goes on. | Travis Lupick | 28 | 2017 | $0.56 Add |
Fighting For SpaceHow a Group of Drug Users Transformed One City's Struggle with Addiction |
North America is in the grips of a drug epidemic. While deaths across the continent soar, Travis Lupick’s Fighting for Space explains the concept of harm reduction as a crucial component of … | Travis Lupick | 408 | 2017 | View |
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From From Housing to Harm ReductionFrom: Fighting For Space |
This chapter highlights the synergy between VANDU and PHS as they grappled to establish basic facilities for the homeless population in Vancouver. Caught in the sparring between the health board … | Travis Lupick | 26 | 2017 | $0.52 Add |
