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Coles A Thousand Dreams: Vancouvers Downtown Eastside and the Fight for Its Future at Village Green Shopping Centre in Vernon, BC
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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: Vancouverís Downtown Eastside. A Thousand Dreams raises provocative questions about the challenges confronting not only Vancouverís 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
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: Vancouverís Downtown Eastside. A Thousand Dreams raises provocative questions about the challenges confronting not only Vancouverís 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
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