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Groups Challenge Federal Government Right To Close Canada’s First Supervised Injection Site - Monday, October 29, 2007

VANCOUVER - Legal and ethics experts, a health-care facility that added a supervised injection site and people who use drugs and their families say the federal government would be overstepping its jurisdiction and acting callously if it decides to close Canada’s, and North America’s, first government-sanctioned supervised injection site, Insite.

Beyond Criminalization: Healthier Ways to Control Drugs - Sunday, April 30, 2006

Read media coverage from Beyond Criminalization: Healthier Ways to Control Drugs - Sunday, April 30, 2006

Read media coverage from Beyond Drug Prohibition: A Public Health Approach - Monday, October 31, 2005

Health-Based Regulation Must Replace Prohibition of Illegal Drugs - Tuesday, October 18, 2005

A Public Health Approach to Drug Control in Canada (Backgrounder for Health Officers' Council paper) - Saturday, October 01, 2005

Alarming rates of disease transmission from drug use in prisons places communities at risk - Tuesday, June 21, 2005

Supervised injection sites solution to curb spread of disease and public nuisance, expert says - Tuesday, May 06, 2003

Saving Money, Saving Lives - Monday, September 02, 2002

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