Pubdate: Mon, 17 Mar 2003
Source: Province, The (CN BC)
Copyright: 2003 The Province
Contact:  http://www.canada.com/vancouver/theprovince/
Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/476
Author: Larry Campbell
Bookmark: http://www.mapinc.org/find?142 (Safe Injecting Rooms)

A HEALTH FACILITY, NOT A 'SHOOTING GALLERY'

Your headline writer's reference recently to a "shooting gallery" opening 
in Vancouver's Downtown Eastside was inaccurate.

The Vancouver Coastal Health Authority has applied to the federal Ministry 
of Health to operate a safe injection site as part of a comprehensive 
scientific research program into this aspect of harm reduction.

It is a health facility to treat a health-care crisis.

With addiction deaths again on the rise, we are moving forward with the 
four-pillars strategy, which includes harm reduction as one element.

Larry Campbell, Mayor,

Vancouver
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