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Crack and meth are too readily available in Vancouver: report
December 1, 2009 | Metro
It’s far too easy for drug users to get crack cocaine and crystal meth on the streets of Vancouver, according to a new report.
Drug abuse on the rise in Vancouver
November 26, 2009 | TopNews
The war against drugs has not been able to prevent any further rise in the use of crack cocaine and crystal methamphetamine in Vancouver in the last 10 years as per a study released this week.
Majority of Vancouver addicts can score drugs in minutes: study
November 25, 2009 | National Post
Crack use explodes: local study
November 25, 2009 | Metro
Crack cocaine use among drug addicts is rising rapidly in Vancouver with more than 80 per cent claiming to be able to score the drug within 10 minutes, a decade-long study on drug use in the city revealed yesterday.
Vancouver hard-drug use up: study
November 25, 2009 | CBC
The war against drugs has failed to prevent a steep increase in the use of crack cocaine and crystal methamphetamine in Vancouver in the last 10 years, according to a study released Tuesday.
Crack at your disposal within 10 minutes
November 25, 2009 | 24 Hours
Crack cocaine and crystal methamphetamine have emerged as Vancouver's drugs of choice, according to a report released yesterday.
Ottawa deaf to pleas for B.C. crack-inhalation site, advocates say
October 26, 2009 | The Globe and Mail
If B.C. hopes to set up a place where crack addicts smoke up legally, it will have to contend with the federal government.
Safe houses for crack use touted to curb spread of HIV
October 21, 2009 | Victoria Times-Colonist
'Safe crack' houses urged
October 20, 2009 | National Post
Government authorities should allow medically supervised sites where crack-cocaine users can legally smoke their potent drug, researchers and B.C.'s top public-health doctor urged on Monday after a new study suggested crack addicts are particularly prone to contracting HIV.
Safe' crack rooms could cut HIV rate: B.C. study
October 20, 2009 | The Canadian Press
People who regularly smoke crack cocaine have a significantly higher risk of becoming infected with HIV, warn Canadian researchers, who say use of the drug has risen dramatically across the country in the last several years.