VIU Completes Harm Reduction Pilot Trial
In August, VIU’s Applied Environmental Research Laboratory (AERL) sent a small team over to the Powell Street Getaway Harm Reduction Site in...
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Treatment is key to reducing impaired driving
Bill C-46, which became law in December, allows police to request a breathalyzer test from any driver pulled over for violating traffic laws or...
Harm reduction: Keeping substance users safe
In 2012, I became an intravenous substance user. Previously, I swallowed and snorted substances to maintain my dependence. Using needles, in my...
Unauthorized safe consumption site sparks controversy
By News Editor Aislinn Cottell Nanaimo residents have taken the growing fentanyl crisis into their own hands in a bold and somewhat controversial...