Doing the homework

I've found that it's really easy for me to get on board with a cause, or deny a cause, without putting in the effort to find out more. I'm from the instant gratification generation - if I can't learn about it in 5 mins, it's not worth learning. This kind of thinking leads to snap judgments and it's not right, it's lazy. So, because I really care about keeping InSite open, I did my homework. Below are a number of resources you can check out if you're interested in knowing more too!

Summary of research done on InSite before 2009:

British Columbia Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS. (2009). Findings from the evaluation of Vancouver’s Pilot Medically Supervised Safer Injecting Facility InSite.

Available online: http://uhri.cfenet.ubc.ca/images/Documents/insite_report-eng

Recent Medical Analysis Article on InSite:

Dooling, K. & M. Rachlis. (2010). Vancouver’s Supervised Injection Facility Challenges Canada’s Drug Laws. CMAJ 182(13):1440-1444. Also available online: www.communityinsite.ca/CMAJ.Sept212010.pdf

Downtown Eastside physician writes on addiction:

Mate, Gabor. (2008). In The Realm of Hungry Ghosts. Toronto: Random House.

The role of Christians when dealing with addiction:

May, Gerald. (1988). Addiction and Grace. New York: HarperCollins.

ChristianWeek Feature on InSite:

Bai, M. and J. Stackhouse. (2010). “Why I Help Addicts Shoot Up.” ChristianWeek 24(12). Available online: http://www.christianweek.org/features.php?id=85

Pivot Legal Society Press Release and supporting documents on federally funded anti-InSite research:

http://www.pivotlegal.org/News/08-10-08--RCMPInsitesurveys.html

NY Times article and video on InSite:

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/02/08/health/08vancouver.html?_r=1&hp

Federal Government National Anti-Drug Strategy (excluding harm reduction):

http://www.nationalantidrugstrategy.gc.ca/index.html

Basic User Statistics on InSite:

http://safegames2010.com/drug-policy-and-info/needle-exchange/

Official InSite Website:

http://supervisedinjection.vch.ca/