Pharmacare

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Title & Subtitle	Abstract	Contributors	Pages	Year	Purchase
From Childhood Trauma and the Science of Addiction From: Fighting For Space View Arsenal Pulp Press	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
Fighting For Space How a Group of Drug Users Transformed One City's Struggle with Addiction Arsenal Pulp Press	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
From From Housing to Harm Reduction From: Fighting For Space View Arsenal Pulp Press	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
From Introduction From: Fighting For Space View Arsenal Pulp Press	In America today, overdose deaths are the highest they have ever been. Heroin has reached the middle class and suburban America. At the same time, public opinion has turned against the war on …	Travis Lupick	18	2017	$0.18 Add
From Obsessed by Profits: Big Pharma and the Corruption of Health From: Oppression View Fernwood Publishing	This chapter starts with an overall description of Big Pharma, goes on to discuss the consequences of drug companies’ overriding objective of increasing sales in order to increase profits, …	Joel Lexchin	17	2021	$1.70 Add
From Out of Harm’s Way From: Fighting For Space View Arsenal Pulp Press	This chapter highlights the first ever conference (Out of Harm’s Way) held in Vancouver for harm reduction. The primary thrust was providing stable housing options, educating general public …	Travis Lupick	27	2017	$0.54 Add
From Raleigh, North Carolina From: Fighting For Space View Arsenal Pulp Press	This chapter throws light on the small town of Raleigh, North Carolina, where activists Robert Childs, Minister Michelle Mathis, Steve Daniels and many others worked around the law and came up …	Travis Lupick	18	2017	$0.18 Add
From The P earson Years, 1963–1968 From: Rivals for Power: Ottawa and the Provinces View James Lorimer and Company	Describes the development of the federation under Prime Minister Lester Pearson including the Quebec and Canada Pension Plans, the rise of separatism, Medicare, the constitution and foreign …	Ed Whitcomb	24	2017	$2.40 Add
From Toledo, Ohio From: Fighting For Space View Arsenal Pulp Press	The city of Toledo, Ohio, wakes up to a growing ‘public health crisis’. In 2014, over a thousand people died of heroin-related overdoses in the state of Ohio. A disproportionate …	Travis Lupick	20	2017	$0.40 Add