Telling our stories: heroin-assisted treatment and SNAP activism in the Downtown Eastside of Vancouver

Telling our stories: heroin-assisted treatment and SNAP activism in the Downtown Eastside of Vancouver

Abstract Background This article highlights the experiences of a peer-run group, SALOME/NAOMI Association of Patients (SNAP), that meets weekly in the Downtown Eastside of Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. SNAP is a unique independent peer- run drug user group that formed in 2011 following Canada...

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Main Authors: Susan Boyd, Dave Murray, SNAP, Donald MacPherson
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2017-05-01
Series:Harm Reduction Journal
Subjects:
Heroin-assisted treatment
Drug user groups
Community-based research
Overdose
Ethics
Activism
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12954-017-0152-3

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