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A Thousand Dreams: Vancouver's Downtown Eastside and the Fight for Its Future
A Thousand Dreams Vancouver's Downtown Eastside and the Fight for Its Future
Author: Larry Campbell, Neil Boyd, Lori Culbert
In this mix of history, journalism, political analysis, and first-person accounts, former chief coroner and Vancouver mayor Larry Campbell, renowned criminologist Neil Boyd, and investigative journalist Lori Culbert, offer a portrait of one of North America’s poorest, most drug-challenged neighbourhoods: Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside. — A ...  more » raises provocative questions about the challenges confronting not only Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside but also all of North America’s major cities and offers concrete, urgently needed solutions, including:

Continued support for Insite, the safe injection site

Decriminalization of prostitution and drugs

The transfer of addiction services to the Health Ministry, allowing detox into the medical system

More government-funded SROs and more affordable social housing
ISBN-13: 9781553652984
ISBN-10: 1553652983
Publication Date: 10/1/2009
Pages: 352
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Publisher: Greystone Books
Book Type: Paperback
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