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The needle and the damage undone Vancouver has halted a drug epidemic by helping street addicts shoot up in safety. Will U.S. cities -- and Bush's drug czar -- learn from the Canadians' success?
  • impact on public drug use in the neighborhood

    Thanks for your comments, JMiller. I may have overstated the case regarding the impact that Insite has had on public use around Main and Hastings. However, it was clear that it has had a powerful impact. I was told that much of the public use had moved indoors and this was consistent with what I observed in the nearby streets in August, and relative to what I'd observed there three years ago. Over several hours, while I saw dealing take place on the street (as described in the story), I did not observe a single person shooting up.

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