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Fighting for space : how a group of drug users transformed one city's struggle with addiction /

Tells the story of a grassroots group of addicts in downtown Vancouver who throughout the 1990s and 2000s demanded that they be given the same rights as other citizens.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Lupick, Travis, 1985- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Vancouver : Arsenal Pulp Press, [2017]
Subjects:
Drug addicts > British Columbia > Vancouver > Social conditions.
Drug addicts > Health and hygiene > British Columbia > Vancouver.
Drug addicts > Civil rights > British Columbia > Vancouver.
Drug addicts > Political activity > British Columbia > Vancouver.
Drug addicts > Legal status, laws, etc. > British Columbia > Vancouver.
Drug addiction > Treatment > British Columbia > Vancouver.
Drug addiction > British Columbia > Vancouver > Prevention.
Opioid abuse > British Columbia > Vancouver.
Drug addiction > British Columbia > Vancouver.
Description
Summary:Tells the story of a grassroots group of addicts in downtown Vancouver who throughout the 1990s and 2000s demanded that they be given the same rights as other citizens.
Physical Description:407 pages : illustrations, map ; 23 cm.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9781551527123
155152712X
9781551527130
1551527138