Supervised consumption services…
…save lives. All credible research agrees that medically supervised injection greatly reduces the transference of deadly infections and costly hospital stays for preventable illnesses.
…reduce open drug use. When people who use drugs have a safe environment to consume drugs, drug use in our public spaces will be reduced.
…provide access to treatment and other health care supports. With the presence of health care professionals, those seeking to reduce or cease their drug use entirely can be helped to do so.
…are dignified. Open drug use demeans people who use drugs and does nothing to address the growing problem of addiction in our society.
…are fixed site needle exchanges. A distributed model of needle exchange must not replace fixed site services.
(copied form HRV email)
Friday, April 9, 2010
Tuesday, April 6, 2010
copied from HRV:
Hello all.
May 31, 2010 will mark 2 years without a central location forpeople who use illicit drugs to access safer drug use supplies and supportfrom their peers, outreach staff and street nurses. The Mayor and Council of the City of Victoria say Harm Reduction is one oftheir top priorities...so we invite you to join us in making City Hallkeep its promise!
WHEN: THURSDAY APRIL 15TH AT 6:30 PM WHERE: CITY HALLWHAT: COME AND JOIN THE CROWD AND SHOW SUPPORT FOR HARM REDUCTION SERVICESIN VICTOIRA. WE ALSO NEED SPEAKERS (YOU MAY NOT HAVE TO SPEAK, BUT IT LOOKS GOOD TO HAVE 100 PEOPLE UP THERE READY TO!). HOW TO SPEAK: FILL OUT A REQUEST TO SPEAK AT COUNCIL MEETING FORM ANDSUBMIT ONE DAY BEFORE MEETING BY 11 AM.
Our goal is to flood the City with requests to speak and to have as manypeople as possible address Council. Please sign up, and please join us on April 15! HRV is also collecting these request forms from people who usedrugs to ensure that their voices are heard. *How to sign up:* you can do so online athttp://www.victoria.ca/cityhall/meetings_addrs.shtml or you can fill outthe attached form and send it in yourself. You don't need to include manydetails about why you want to speak...feel free to use the demands listedBELOW. It would be great to hear from you if you do send in a request to speak sothat we get a sense of numbers.
Either way, see you at City Hall on April15 at 6:30pm! In Solidarity, HRV
May 31, 2010 will mark 2 years without a central location forpeople who use illicit drugs to access safer drug use supplies and supportfrom their peers, outreach staff and street nurses. The Mayor and Council of the City of Victoria say Harm Reduction is one oftheir top priorities...so we invite you to join us in making City Hallkeep its promise!
WHEN: THURSDAY APRIL 15TH AT 6:30 PM WHERE: CITY HALLWHAT: COME AND JOIN THE CROWD AND SHOW SUPPORT FOR HARM REDUCTION SERVICESIN VICTOIRA. WE ALSO NEED SPEAKERS (YOU MAY NOT HAVE TO SPEAK, BUT IT LOOKS GOOD TO HAVE 100 PEOPLE UP THERE READY TO!). HOW TO SPEAK: FILL OUT A REQUEST TO SPEAK AT COUNCIL MEETING FORM ANDSUBMIT ONE DAY BEFORE MEETING BY 11 AM.
Our goal is to flood the City with requests to speak and to have as manypeople as possible address Council. Please sign up, and please join us on April 15! HRV is also collecting these request forms from people who usedrugs to ensure that their voices are heard. *How to sign up:* you can do so online athttp://www.victoria.ca/cityhall/meetings_addrs.shtml or you can fill outthe attached form and send it in yourself. You don't need to include manydetails about why you want to speak...feel free to use the demands listedBELOW. It would be great to hear from you if you do send in a request to speak sothat we get a sense of numbers.
Either way, see you at City Hall on April15 at 6:30pm! In Solidarity, HRV
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