Addictions
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From  NEW! Saturn Devouring His Children: A Tale of Instability in Seven PartsDeath From: On Opium |
This chapter describes the War on Drugs, and the illegal use of fentanyl by a person living precariously. It also includes an interview with the founder of Mothers Stop the Harm (MSTH) and … | Carlyn Zwarenstein | 51 | 2021 | $5.10 Add |
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From  Seattle, WashingtonFrom: Fighting For Space |
In 2017, Seattle follows Vancouver’s example of harm reduction, to launch "Safer is better" campaign. | Travis Lupick | 19 | 2017 | $0.19 Add |
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From  NEW! SevenFrom: Holden After & Before |
Tara McGuire | 7 | 2022 | $0.70 Add | |
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From NEW! SeventeenFrom: Holden After & Before |
Tara McGuire | 10 | 2022 | $1.00 Add | |
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From  Shelters and Housing FirstFrom: Beyond Shelters |
Describes how Dr. Sam Tsemberis ascertained through his work and research at the famed Bellevue Hospital that chronically homeless people could be stably housed with improved quality of life … | Dr. Sam Tsemberis | 29 | $2.90 Add | |
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From NEW! SixFrom: Holden After & Before |
Tara McGuire | 8 | 2022 | $0.80 Add | |
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From NEW! SixteenFrom: Holden After & Before |
Tara McGuire | 11 | 2022 | $1.10 Add | |
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From NEW! TenFrom: Holden After & Before |
Tara McGuire | 11 | 2022 | $1.10 Add | |
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From “The Assassination”From: Fighting For Space |
Citing financial mismanagement, BCs provincial government removed Townsend, Evans, and the entire leadership of the Portland Hotel Society. The organization was stripped of its autonomy, and the … | Travis Lupick | 25 | 2017 | $0.50 Add |
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From The Community HubFrom: Beyond Shelters |
Cora Gajari, Executive Director of Carmichael Outreach Inc. in Regina, Saskatchewan, draws on her own experience as an Indigenous woman who has faced violence and marginalization, discusses the … | Cora Gajari | 16 | $1.60 Add | |
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From  The Devil Gets into Me |
This interview profiles a woman who engaged in street-based sex work for about 7 years. She felt that drug use was the main reason women engaged in that kind of sex work. | Kerri Cull | 4 | 2021 | $0.40 Add |
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From The Hair SalonFrom: Fighting For Space |
Despite the non-support of the sitting mayor of Vancouver, VANDU and PHS members persevered with a single-mindedness – to open a supervised injection site for the drug users of Downtown … | Travis Lupick | 28 | 2017 | $0.56 Add |
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From The Killing FieldsFrom: Fighting For Space |
By the late 1990s, drug overdoses, HIV/AIDS, and an outbreak of hepatitis C were collectively killing more than one person in the Downtown Eastside every single day. Desperate for attention from … | Travis Lupick | 28 | 2017 | $0.56 Add |
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From NEW! The Quarantine of the Opium Eater, Notes on Getting WellDependence From: On Opium |
This chapter describes the author’s dependance on the (taken as prescribed) opiods, and how these allow her to work and enjoy life in three chunks of five hours throughout the day. The … | Carlyn Zwarenstein | 36 | 2021 | $3.60 Add |
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From NEW! The Quarantine of the Opium Eater, Notes on Getting WellIndependence From: On Opium |
The author explores her relationship with her chronic pain and the tension between independence and dependence on prescription opiods, at first rationing relief. She parses the moral … | Carlyn Zwarenstein | 32 | 2021 | $3.20 Add |
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From NEW! The Quarantine of the Opium Eater, Notes on Getting WellInterdependence From: On Opium |
This chapter explores community, including various methods of harm reduction and a conference in Portugal, where all drugs have been decriminalized. The author describes online support systems … | Carlyn Zwarenstein | 58 | 2021 | $5.80 Add |
