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Beddow Centre participating in launch of the ‘War on Drugs is a War on the Poor’ campaign, Dec 8 | The Beddow Center
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Health Care For All. Beddow Centre participating in launch of the ‘War on Drugs is a War on the Poor’ campaign, Dec 8. On December 8th, the Beddow Centre, SOLID and Allies of Drug War Survivors will launch a campaign to challenge the War on Drugs as a critical component of the current War on the Poor. The War on Drugs is a War on the Poor campaign will demand. SUPERVISED CONSUMPTION SITES NOW! Please join us to share knowledge about existing projects and allied organizations (Society of Living Illicit Dr...
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New name, same game | The Beddow Center
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Health Care For All. New name, same game. The Victoria Harm Reduction Resource Center Society has recently changed its name to “The Beddow Center” in honour of Randy Beddow, a well-known and well-loved community member who passed away in 2009. Response to: Needles being distributed in “no-go” zone in 900-block of Pandora. Victoria Groups Pursue Supervised Consumption Site →. Leave a Reply Cancel reply. Enter your comment here. Fill in your details below or click an icon to log in:. Join 21 other followers.
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December | 2011 | The Beddow Center
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Health Care For All. Archive December, 2011. 8216;Harm Seduction’ fundraiser for the Beddow Centre. Harm Seduction – the 2012 Calendar and the 12-set of Postcards – is a fundraiser for the Beddow Center Society, a community of people who use(d) drugs and their allies, working to build a peer-driven, supervised consumption site in Victoria. To learn more about how to support the Beddow Centre by buying Harm Seduction calendars and postcards: http:/ harmseduction.wordpress.com/. The launch will includes pr...
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Health Care For All. Sask needle exchange sites expanding services. Thursday, October 28, 2010 10:10 PM CST. Provincial health officials and community groups are expanding the services offered at needle exchange sites in an effort to combat Saskatchewan’s growing HIV epidemic. Dr Moira McKinnon, Saskatchewan’s chief medical health officer, told CBC News the sites need to address a long list of problems associated with intravenous drug use. Infectious disease researcher Dr. Stuart Skinner says HIV see...
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Shelter closures a backward step | The Beddow Center
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Health Care For All. Shelter closures a backward step. Times Colonist November 2, 2010. They were, as a result, well-used. Clients included people who might otherwise have been sleeping on Pandora Green or in the entrances of stores and office buildings. But provincial government funding ended on the weekend. Up to 60 people will now be searching for somewhere else to stay or camping out. But the decision to shut down the shelter spaces is a backward step. So people who have been relying on the 60 mats o...
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Upcoming Events | The Beddow Center
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Health Care For All. Thursday, September 23 at City Hall, 6:30 pm. Come out to City Hall and voice your opposition to the streets and traffic bylaw amendment! This law would make it illegal to sleep on boulevards such as the green at Pandora Ave. It has become obvious that the intent behind this proposed amendment is to further criminalize poverty and homelessness in our city. You do not need to sign up to speak, however if you want to send a message to city hall, sign up anyway! Follow the link below.
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Needles being distributed in “no-go” zone in 900-block of Pandora | The Beddow Center
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Health Care For All. Needles being distributed in “no-go” zone in 900-block of Pandora. By KATIE DeROSAand RICHARD WATTS, Timescolonist.com November 9, 2010. Needles are being handed out in the so-called no-go zone in the 900 block of Pandora Avenue, Victoria police say. Police confirmed the pharmacy was the Pandora Pharmacy, a methadone clinic at 922 Pandora Ave. No one from the clinic could be reached for comment. The zone became off-limits in 2008 when a group called the Needle Exchange Advisory Commi...
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Membership | The Beddow Center
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Health Care For All. The Board will be comprised of people who currently use, or formerly used, illicit drugs. All people who use(d) drugs will be eligible for membership without fees. Allies & supporters may become members with the payment of a small membership fee. Leave a Reply Cancel reply. Enter your comment here. Fill in your details below or click an icon to log in:. Address never made public). You are commenting using your WordPress.com account. ( Log Out. Notify me of new comments via email.
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Victoria Groups Pursue Supervised Consumption Site | The Beddow Center
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Health Care For All. Victoria Groups Pursue Supervised Consumption Site. The landmark ruling upheld an exemption to a federal drug possession law that allows Insite to provide medical supervision, advice, supplies, detox options and counsel for users who bring in their own illegal substances. To refrain from providing this essential health service would violate the Charter of Rights and Freedoms, the court concluded. It’s just not fair. It’s against human rights, when you’re just trying to survive, s...
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FHA urged to push needle exchanges into hostile cities | The Beddow Center
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Health Care For All. FHA urged to push needle exchanges into hostile cities. By Jeff Nagel – BC Local News. Published: November 04, 2010 4:00 PM. Injection drug addicts are at much greater risk of catching and spreading disease in the Fraser Health region because health authority officials have failed to deliver on the promise of their harm reduction policy, reform advocates charge. Abbotsford’s bylaw is under review and Livingston wants Fraser officials to step up the pressure to scrap it. Fraser Health...
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