VIDUS News
December 1, 2009
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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.
November 26, 2009
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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.
November 25, 2009
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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.
November 25, 2009
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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.
November 25, 2009
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24 Hours
Crack cocaine and crystal methamphetamine have emerged as Vancouver's drugs of choice, according to a report released yesterday.
October 26, 2009
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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.
October 20, 2009
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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.
October 20, 2009
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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.
October 19, 2009
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Reuters
Smoking crack cocaine daily adds to the risk of spreading HIV, a Canadian study published Monday says, although researchers acknowledge they are not sure about the exact link.
October 19, 2009
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CBC
People who smoke crack cocaine are at increased risk of becoming infected with HIV — a finding that highlights the need to adopt and to evaluate the use of safe inhalation rooms and safer crack kits, B.C. researchers say.
August 24, 2009
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The Tyee
If you shoot illegal narcotics into your veins in British Columbia's capital city, you have plenty to fear.
July 6, 2009
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The Province
It's Thursday night and Johnny Young is cruising back alleys of the Downtown Eastside where street lights shine on a woman picking crack from a palm, an addict with a needle rolling down his sock.
October 10, 2008
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The Globe and Mail
Injection-drug users who are incarcerated are less likely to kick their habit than those who remain in the community, new Canadian research shows.
April 6, 2008
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Canwest News Service
Up to 15 per cent of incarcerated drug users report injecting heroin and cocaine while behind bars, according to one of two new studies that say Canadian prisons are contributing to the spread of the virus that causes AIDS.
November 9, 2006
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The Canadian Press
Injection drug users whose bodies spontaneously wipe out the hepatitis C virus may be four times less likely to become reinfected compared to people who haven't contracted the virus, says a new study by researchers at the University of British Columbia.
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