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October 22/08 Opiate trial results are encouraging
October 18/08 Painkiller works for heroin addiction
October 18/08 Providing safe, daily doses helps addicts, study finds
August 27/08 Heroin experiment remains in bureaucratic limbo
January 11/08 News report: Promising results from Australian substitution treatment trials
January 11/08 Video report: Substitution treatment trials in Australia Australian TV
July 12/07 Vancouver Votes for Innovative Harm Reduction Programs
June 16/07 Mayor & Councillors Support Insite and InnerChange
April 6/07 Mayor's drug treatment committee plans to have proposal ready by June Vancouver Courier
April 3/07 Cure for drug woes? 24 Hours
March 14/07 Drug debate redux Vancouver Sun
March 8/07 The old ways of fighting addiction don't work Vancouver Sun
March 7/07 Interview with Hon. Joy MacPhail & Hon. John Reynolds (audio), CKNW AM980
March 4/07 Medical body cautions against project to fight drug addictions Canadian Press
March 1/07 InnerChange is a good deal 24 Hours
February 27/07 Global TV profile of InnerChange (video), Global TV
February 27/07 Vancouver set to extend help for addicts Globe and Mail
February 27/07 Mayor Sam Sullivan on Bill Good Show (CKNW) (mp3), CKNW AM980
February 27/07 City mayor launches drug trial for downtown addicts The Province
February 27/07 Drug plan launched (pdf), Metro
February 27/07 New program to fight drug addiction Regina Leader-Post
February 27/07 Mayor Sam wants to substitute drugs on downtown eastside CKNW AM980
February 27/07 CBC Early Edition Interview with Phoenix Beck (mp3), CBC Radio One
February 27/07 New trial bargain says mayor 24 Hours
February 26/07 CBC TV: Drug substitution plan (video), CBC TV
February 26/07 InnerChange launched: CTV British Columbia (video), CTV News
February 26/07 InnerChange: Radio Canada (française) (video), Radio Canada
February 26/07 Global TV on InnerChange Vancouver (video), Global TV
February 26/07 Mayor wants to deal with Vancouver's drug problems News 1130
February 26/07 The World Today (CKNW): Mayor Sullivan on InnerChange, Part 2 (mp3), CKNW AM980
February 26/07 The World Today (CKNW): Mayor Sullivan on InnerChange, Part 1 (mp3), CKNW AM980
February 26/07 Questions surround mayors drug plan (video), CTV News
February 26/07 Program for cocaine addicts launches today Metro
February 26/07 Vancouver mayor wants our chronic addicts to be given substitute drugs The Province
February 25/07 New Drug Treatment Society to be Launched CKNW AM980
February 21/07 CBC Early Edition Interview with John Reynolds
February 20/07 Reynolds, Rix join board of body fighting drug addiction The Province
February 20/07 Vancouver mayor wins big backing for drug plan Canadian Press
February 16/07 Top docs sign up to fight drug blight The Province
February 16/07 Doctors back up mayors program for drug addicts (pdf), Metro
February 16/07 The World Today (CKNW): Dr. John Blatherwick interviewed (mp3), CKNW AM980
February 10/07 Business leaders want drug rehab programs to work CKNW AM980
February 10/07 A private poll showed support for alternative measures Vancouver Sun
February 9/07 Business sees benefit in mayor's drug plan Vancouver Courier
February 9/07 On the Coast (CBC Radio One): Dr. Grabowski interviewed (mp3), CBC Radio One
February 1/07 Mayor endorses controversial addiction program The West Ender
January 31/07 Mayor's man hard at work on new drug plan Vancouver Courier
January 28/07 Sean Leslie Show (CKNW): Clr. Suzanne Anton (mp3), CKNW AM980
January 26/07 On the Coast (CBC Radio One): David Holtzman interviewed (mp3), CBC Radio One
January 24/07 Alternative treatments give addicts a chance Vancouver Sun
January 24/07 On the Coast (CBC Radio One): Ritalin Treatment (mp3), CBC Radio One
January 22/07 Mayor wants city exempted from federal narcotics laws Vancouver Sun

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