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Fighting For Space

How a Group of Drug Users Transformed One City's Struggle with Addiction

North America is in the grips of a drug epidemic. While deaths across the continent soar, Travis Lupick’s Fighting for Space explains the concept of harm reduction as a crucial component of … 408 View
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Introduction

From: Fighting For Space

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In America today, overdose deaths are the highest they have ever been. Heroin has reached the middle class and suburban America. At the same time, public opinion has turned against the war on … 18 $0.18 Add
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Toledo, Ohio

From: Fighting For Space

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The city of Toledo, Ohio, wakes up to a growing ‘public health crisis’. In 2014, over a thousand people died of heroin-related overdoses in the state of Ohio. A disproportionate … 20 $0.40 Add
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Obsessed by Profits: Big Pharma and the Corruption of Health

From: Oppression

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This chapter starts with an overall description of Big Pharma, goes on to discuss the consequences of drug companies’ overriding objective of increasing sales in order to increase profits, … 17 $1.70 Add
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Out of Harm’s Way

From: Fighting For Space

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This chapter highlights the first ever conference (Out of Harm’s Way) held in Vancouver for harm reduction. The primary thrust was providing stable housing options, educating general public … 27 $0.54 Add
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The P earson Years, 1963–1968

From: Rivals for Power: Ottawa and the Provinces

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Describes the development of the federation under Prime Minister Lester Pearson including the Quebec and Canada Pension Plans, the rise of separatism, Medicare, the constitution and foreign … 24 $2.40 Add
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From Housing to Harm Reduction

From: Fighting For Space

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This chapter highlights the synergy between VANDU and PHS as they grappled to establish basic facilities for the homeless population in Vancouver. Caught in the sparring between the health board … 26 $0.52 Add
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Raleigh, North Carolina

From: Fighting For Space

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This chapter throws light on the small town of Raleigh, North Carolina, where activists Robert Childs, Minister Michelle Mathis, Steve Daniels and many others worked around the law and came up … 18 $0.18 Add