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Struggling for Heroin-assisted Treatment: The 2000s
From: Heroin
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This chapter discusses Canada’s first federally sanctioned supervised injection site that opened in Vancouver in 2003. The efficacy of heroin assisted treatment programs in other countries and the results of the trial studies done in Vancouver and Montreal are discussed. This reading also examines the changes made to drug law enforcement in Canada while the Harper government was in power.
Contributors
Susan C. Boyd
Susan C. Boyd is a scholar/activist and distinguished professor at the University of Victoria. She has authored several articles and books on drug issues, including Busted: An Illustrated History of Drug Prohibition in Canada. She was a member of the federal Task Force on Cannabis Legalization and Regulation. She is a long-time activist who collaborates with groups that advocate for the end of drug prohibition and for the establishment of diverse services.
