LEAP Blog: June 26, 2008

A Leader in the Movement

Canada remains at the forefront of Drug Reform with INSIGHT - Canada’s first
Safe Injection/Intravenous Drug Facility.

Some cutting edge news came down a few weeks ago that I thought was just too
important to miss and which none of us at LEAP Blogged about in detail…

Canada’s and the World’s first Safe Injection Site - INSITE - is being
threatened once again with Government initiated closure and we as a Country -
have stood up in protest!

Letters to Editors of local and National newspapers, demonstrations,
meetings, conferences and the like are being attended all across our Nation in
protest of the possible complete and final closure of this ground breaking
Institution.

The people involved in the Drug Reform issues in North America are familiar
with the “idea” of a safe injection site, but mainstream Society is afraid that
such a place will create more and more addicts looking for their next free fix.
This would not be the case I can assure you…. There was never an overdose on
heroin until it became ILLEGAL.

“Feature: BC Supreme Court Rules Vancouver Safe Injection Site to Stay Open,
Federal Drug Law Controlling It Unconstitutional”

http://stopthedrugwar.org/chronicle/538/bc_supreme_court_says_vancouver_insite_stays_open

Then, three days later, on May 30, 2008, this….

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Alison
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