National Harm Reduction Conference, 99
needle-exchange programs
in California, 17, 341
in Downtown Eastside, 52, 54, 95, 140
and Vancouver Area Network of Drug Users, 149–56, 196–200
in Florida, 99–103
in North Carolina, 173–76
in Seattle, 285–86
New Fountain Hotel, 328–31, 365–67. See also Rainier Hotel
Nixon, Richard, 67, 71
Non-Partisan Association (NPA), 190, 192, 223, 230, 282–83
North Carolina Harm Reduction Coalition, 175–76.
O’Rourke, Allen, 153, 185
O’Rourke, Patrick, 143, 318
Ohio Mental Health and Addiction Services, 23
Oleson, Megan, 248
Olive Branch Ministry, 174–75
Only, Joey, 317–18
operant conditioning chamber. See Skinner box
opioid epidemic, 15–18, 101, 238, 344. See also carfentanyl, drug overdose deaths, fentanyl
opioid pain-relief and pleasure-reward apparatus, 167–68. See also addiction, and brain chemistry
Oppenheimer Park, 110, 114, 119–120
Orlin, Kate, 239–41
Osborn, Bud (Walton Homer), 24, 27–28, 83, 112, 133, 212, 224–25, 231–33, 324, 391
addiction, 28, 119–20, 131–32, 200–01
and Campbell, Larry, 91–92
and Davies, Libby, 114–15, 117–18, 261–62
and Evans, Liz, 107–08
and From Grief to Action, 205–07
and Hari, Johann, 25, 107, 134
and “Killing Fields” protest, 107, 109–112, 186
and Livingston, Ann, 83, 105–06, 109–10, 116–17, 119–20, 122, 131–33, 182–83, 200–01, 205–06, 231–32, 369–70
and Townsend, Mark, 107–08
and Vancouver-Richmond Health Board, 106, 115–16
and Vancouver Area Network of Drug Users, 120–24, 127–28, 134
and Wild, Nettie, 106, 231–35
arrival in Vancouver, 29–31, 33–34
childhood, 25–27
death and memorial, 25, 369–70
poetry, 28–29, 34–35, 251, 389. (see also book titles, e.g., Hundred Block Rock)
Osborn, Patricia, 26–27
Osborn, Walton (Sr), 25–26
Ostrow, Dr David, 337–39
Out of Harm’s Way conference, 141–45, 225. See also Portland Hotel Society
Overdose Prevention Society, 377–78, 381–82. See also drug overdose, prevention and reversal
overdose. See drug overdose
Oviedo-Joekes, Eugenia, 351–54, 356
Owen, Brita, 281–83
Owen, Christian, 247–49, 272
Owen, Philip, 223–24, 233–35, 281–83, 321
and harm reduction programs in Vancouver, 144, 190–93, 227–31, 245, 261, 282
Parsons, Linda, 264
Pennsylvania Hotel. See Portland Hotel (Pennsylvania)
People’s Aid Project, 113
People’s Harm Reduction Alliance, 286
persons with mental health issues at Portland Hotel (Pennsylvania), 45–46, 56–57, 60–61
services for, 41, 43, 59–61
PHS Community Services Society. See Portland Hotel Society
Pigeon Park, 45, 57, 217, 246, 252, 266, 390
Pitfield, Justice Ian, 311–12, 314–16
Pivot Legal Society, 291–97, 309, 354
police. See Vancouver Police Department
Political Response Group, 109–110
Pongracic-Speier, Monique, 310, 312–14
Portland Hotel (Pennsylvania)
and Evans, Liz, 43–46
and harm reduction, 149, 165
and Stuerzbecher, Kerstin, 59–60, 107-08, 149
and Townsend, Mark, 51–52
expansion, 137–38
new Portland Hotel (Pennsylvania), 214–15
tenants, 44–51, 55–57, 61–64, 164–66, 171–72, 387–93
Portland Hotel Society (PHS), 136, 250, 386
and BC Housing, 329–31, 335–36, 361, 363–69, 387
and Carnegie Community Action Project (CCAP), 141
and Crosstown Clinic, 353
and Erickson, Arthur, 137, 214
and fentanyl crisis, 380
and Insite, 250–79, 299–305, 307–11, 309–11, 314, 321–22
and Vancouver Coastal Health, 259–60, 267–69, 272, 277, 309–10, 320, 327, 333, 335–39, 362–64, 366–68
and Vancouver Area Network of Drug Users, 149–56, 158–60, 188
finances and organization, 327, 361–69
Hair Salon, 250–58, 260
maintenance team, 153–54, 185–86, 255, 300, 318–19
“Thunder Box” supervised-injection trailer, 156, 158–59, 270
prescription heroin. See heroin, prescription
Prevost, Margaret, 107
prohibition. See criminalization of drugs
protests
“crosses,” 185–88
“Killing Fields,” 108–114, 123, 142, 144, 185–86, 189
crosses and banners, 317–19
Insite banners (Toronto), 301–03
New Fountain Hotel, 330–31
Rainier Hotel, 334–36
Providence Health Care, 352, 356, 384–85
psychiatric patients. See persons with mental health issues
Puil, George, 282
Quayle, Kenn, 124–26
Quinn, Bob, 285–86
Rainbow Hotel. See Portland Hotel (Pennsylvania)
Rainier Hotel, 332–39, 365–67. See also New Fountain Hotel
Raise Shit: Social Action Saving Lives, 110–11. See also Osborn, Bud
Ramsay, Shayne, 331, 361–62, 366
Rat Park experiment, 67–69, 73, 143. See also Alexander, Bruce; Skinner box
Richardson, John, 291–97
Riverview Hospital, 32–33
Robins, Lee, 70–71
Rock, Alan, 262, 272
Roe, Gordon, 194–97, 200
Rositch, Bryce, 244
Rossiter, Mark, 214–15
Runne, Christoph, 153, 185–86, 255
Ruttan, Rob and Susie, 203–05, 208, 210
Safe Shape, 288–89
safe-injection sites. See supervised-injection sites
SALOME (Study to Assess Longer-term Opioid Medication Effectiveness), 350–54, 356–58. See also NAOMI; Crosstown Clinic
SAP (special access program) for drugs, 354–57, 359
Scattered Minds: A New Look at the Origins and Healing of Attention Deficit Disorder, 163. See also Maté, Gabor
Schecter, Dr Martin, 152, 351–52
Schneider, Werner, 142–43
Schroeder, Andrew, 310
Scott, Greg, 288–89
Scott, Rick, 101
section 56. See Controlled Drugs and Substances Act, Section 56
See, Kailin, 328–30, 334–35
Sizemore, James, 173
Skinner box, 65–66. See also Rat Park experiment
Slaunwhite, Jay, 378–79
Small, Dan
and Alexander, Bruce, 146–47
and Forensic Psychiatric Institute, 146–47, 162
and the Hair Salon, 250–59
and Insite, 250, 252–58, 261, 269–70, 276, 305, 320
and Portland Hotel/PHS, 145, 147, 336–39, 364
and Townsend, Mark, 250, 252–56
and Vancouver Area Network of Drug Users, 152–56
and Wilson, Dean, 179–81, 307–08
social housing. See housing first policy; Portland Hotel Society
SPOT. See Supportive Place for Observation and Treatment
SROs (single-room occupancy hotels), 32, 137–38
Stanley Hotel, 219–20, 327–28
Strathdee, Dr Steffanie, 109
Street Church. See Foursquare Church
Street Nurses Program, 95–96, 207–08
Street Outreach Service, 285
stress-regulation apparatus, 169–70. See also addiction, and brain chemistry
Stuerzbecher, Kerstin, 58–59, 138–39, 143–45, 162, 253, 266–67
and Insite, 273, 275, 277–79, 304–05, 325
and Portland Hotel/PHS, 59–64, 107–08, 149, 250, 339, 362–63, 367, 390
Sully, Patricia, 287–89
Sunrise Hotel (Irving), 138
supervised-injection sites
in California, 341–44
in Seattle, 286–87
in Vancouver, 17, 92–93, 105, 123, 128–29, 144, 156, 206–07, 230–31 (see also Back Alley; Carrall Street injection site; Dunlevy injection site; Hair Salon; Insite; Portland Hotel Society; Vancouver Area Network of Drug Users)
Supportive Place for Observation and Treatment, 239–41
Swanson, Jean, 113–14
Swiss triangle of addiction services. See addiction, treatment, services triangle (Swiss)
Tabrizi, Simin, 129–30, 205–07
Team Recovery, 21–24. See also Bell, Matt
Thompson, Kevin, 383–86
Thousand Dreams, A, 90. See also Campbell, Larry
“Thunder Box.” See Portland Hotel Society, “Thunder Box”
Tobin, Dianne, 354, 357–59
Tomic, Shelly, 305–312, 324–25
Tookes, Dr Hansel, 99–103
Townsend, Glen, 40–41
Townsend, Mark, 15, 17, 39, 73, 147, 152, 162, 316, 318–19
activist roots, 39–41
and “Killing Fields” protest, 108–10, 185–88
and Community Alliance, 244
and Erickson, Arthur, 137
and Evans, Liz, 37–39, 51, 157, 369
and Insite, 250, 252–58, 261, 265–66, 268, 274, 276, 283, 305
banner protest (Toronto), 299–303
exemption from CDSA, 305, 307–08, 319–23
and Livingston, Ann, 84
and Osborn, Bud, 107–08
and Out of Harm’s Way conference, 142
and Portland Hotel/PHS, 51–52, 54–55, 135–37, 140–42, 149, 331, 336–39, 353, 362–69, 387–93
and Small, Dan, 250, 252–56
and the Hair Salon, 250–58
and Vancouver Area Network of Drug Users needle protest, 153–54
arrival in Vancouver, 51
Tran, Lee, 378
Turvey, John, 52–53, 86, 97, 106. See also DEYAS (Downtown Eastside Youth Activities Society)
twelve-steps programs, 24, 122. See also drug addiction, treatment
Urban Survivors Union, 286
Vancouver Agreement, 228–31
Vancouver Area Network of Drug Users, 128, 132, 150–51, 379
and Community Alliance, 243–45
and Insite, 269–70, 277, 309, 326
and NAOMI Patients Association, 349, 354, 359
and Pivot Legal Society, 291–93, 295–97, 309
and Portland Hotel Society, 149–52, 154–55, 158–60, 188, 309
Carrall Street injection site (327 Carrall), 246–49, 272
Dunlevy injection site (213 Dunlevy), 196–200, 208–09
Hastings and Cambie site, 193–96
Health Network (VHN), 194–200
meetings, 188–89, 370–71
needle exchange, 149–52, 155–56
needle protest, 153–55
origins, 120–27, 376
Vancouver Caucus, 228–29
Vancouver Coastal Health (VCH), 259–60, 267–69, 272, 277, 309–10, 320, 327, 333, 335–39, 362–64, 366–68, 379, 381–82. See also Vancouver–Richmond Health Board
Vancouver HIV/AIDS Care Coordinating Committee. See HIV/AIDS, in Vancouver
Vancouver Native Health Society, 52, 85–86, 95
Vancouver Police Department, 87–90, 152, 245–47, 295–96
Vancouver-Richmond Health Board, 106, 115–16, 127. See also Vancouver Coastal Health
VANDU. See Vancouver Area Network of Drug Users
Vietnam war veterans, 70–72
VOCAL-WA (Voices of Community Activists and Leaders Washington), 287–89
Wainberg, Dr Mark, 300
Walter, Thia, 154
war on drugs. See criminalization of drugs
Washington Hotel (Maple), 138–39, 386
Washington Needle Depot, 149–156, 269, 276
Welfare Wednesday, 46, 180
Wild, Nettie, 106–07, 177–79, 231–32, 283. See also Fix: The Story of an Addicted City
Wilson, Dean,
and Fix: The Story of an Addicted City, 233–35
and Insite, 269–70, 274, 276–77, 299–301, 303, 307–08, 310, 312, 316, 324
and Livingston, Ann, 182, 184, 209–12, 235, 249
and Osborn, Bud, 182–83
and Owen, Philip, 191–93, 234–35
and Portland Hotel/PHS, 180–81
and Richardson, John, 292–93
and Small, Dan, 179–81, 307–08, 307–08
and Vancouver Area Network of Drug Users, 182–83, 187–89, 191–95
and Wild, Nettie, 178–79, 232
speech to Parliament, 262–63
Wood, Dr Evan, 165–66, 312–13
Woodward’s complex, 33, 391–92
Zepf Recovery House, 21–23
Zinck, Jenna, 359
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