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604, 778, 236, 672. The Downtown Eastside (DTES) is a neighbourhood in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. One of the city's oldest neighbourhoods, the DTES is the site of a complex set of social issues, including disproportionately high levels of drug use, homelessness, poverty, crime, mental illness and sex work.
The Vancouver Area Network of Drug Users or VANDU is a not-for-profit organization [ 2] and advocacy group based in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. The group believes that all drug users should have their own rights and freedoms. The group's members have been actively involved in lobbying for support of Insite, North America's first safe ...
The 100-block of East Hastings Street in Vancouver, ... Ontario Street and Dufresne Street) as well as poverty and drug trafficking more ... 64 prefix) phone number ...
VANCOUVER, British Columbia (AP) — The government of the Canadian province of British Columbia is making changes to its drug decriminalization policy to stop drug use in public places.
Hastings Street is an east–west traffic corridor in the cities of Vancouver and Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada. [2] It used to be a part of the decommissioned Highway 7A . In the central business district of downtown Vancouver , it is known as West Hastings Street ; at Carrall Street it becomes East Hastings Street and runs eastwards ...
London Drugs was founded by Sam Bass in 1945 as a small drugstore at 800 Main Street in Vancouver, British Columbia. [2] Bass named his drugstore after the English city of London, the seat of the Canadian monarch. [3] In 1968, London Drugs was sold to Daylin, Inc. The next year, Daylin ran into financial difficulties in the US branch of its ...
Astoria Hotel (Vancouver) Coordinates: 49°16′53″N 123°05′17″W. The Astoria Hotel is a historic hotel turned into single-room occupancy accommodations located at 769 East Hastings Street in the Downtown Eastside neighborhood of Vancouver, Canada. The hotel was opened in 1913 as the Toronto House Apartments before becoming the Astoria ...
Dana Albert Larsen (born 1971) is a Canadian author, businessman, philanthropist and activist for cannabis and drug policy reform.Larsen currently operates businesses and non-profit societies in Vancouver including The Medicinal Cannabis Dispensary, The Medicinal Mushroom Dispensary, The Coca Leaf Cafe, Pothead Books, and the Get Your Drugs Tested centre.