Downtown Eastside Residents Unfairly Targeted for Ticketing, Advocates Allege

Published June 6, 2013

Downtown Eastside residents unfairly targeted for ticketing, advocates allege

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A dispute has emerged over why police issue so many jaywalking tickets in the Downtown Eastside, a neighbourhood where substance abuse is rampant and the pedestrian-vehicle accident rate is high. In a report issued Thursday, Pivot Legal Society and …
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Proposed federal rules throw up hurdles for supporters of Ottawa drug …

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Groups pushing for a site here say there is a need — Ottawa has one of the highest HIV prevalence rates in the country among injection drug users, public drug use in parts of the city is skyrocketing and overdoses are also on the rise. According to a …
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Drug overdoses on the rise on Eastside

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ISSAQUAH — Emergency responders are seeing a spike in drug overdoses on the Eastside. … Substance abuse is way up among everyone from late teens to middle age. “If this is, in fact, a trend that's continuing, there's definitely a problem,” said Tryon.
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This Successful Dallas Prostitute Rehab May Go Statewide, and It Should

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Many were addicted to drugs or had mental illnesses, and many were trafficked — caught up in a lifestyle they didn't ask for and didn't know how to leave. Felini said that the police “thought they'd die” if nothing was done to end the vicious cycle …
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