Needle Exchange & HIV/AIDS: Canada

See also: Needle Exchange in the U.S.

Canada: Police Oppose Safe Injection Sites (January 19, 2012)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
HIV Expert Urges Creation of Needle Exchange in Canada's Prisons (October 25, 2011)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Canadian Supreme Court Rules That Vancouver's Insite Drug Injection Clinic Will Stay Open (October 3, 2011)
From The Body
Canada: Calgary Police Question Legality of Provincial Program for Crack Addicts (August 10, 2011)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Canada: Needle Exchange Van to Service Maple Ridge (August 10, 2011)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Safe Injections Sites Needed Across Canada to Boost Fight Against Hepatitis B, C (July 29, 2011)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Supreme Court of Canada Opens Hearings on Safe Drug Injection Facility (May 13, 2011)
In Kaiser Daily Global Health Policy Report, from Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation
Supervised Injection Site Focus of Case Before the Supreme Court of Canada (May 11, 2011)
From Vancouver Coastal Health
Canada's Supreme Court to Hear Harm-Reduction Case (May 11, 2011)
In Xtra!
Canada: Top Court to Weigh Future of Vancouver's Controversial Safe-Injection Site (May 10, 2011)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Current and Five Former Mayors of Vancouver Advocate for City's Safe Injection Site (May 10, 2011)
In Georgia Straight
Needle Exchange Helps Cut HIV Rate: University Study Shows Changes Are Working (April 27, 2011)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Canadian Drug Facility Cut Overdose Deaths: Study (April 21, 2011)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Report Finds that Vancouver Safe Injection Site Has Reduced Overdose Deaths (April 19, 2011)
In The Vancouver Sun
Canada: Public Open to Drug Injection Site (April 15, 2011)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Canada: Health Officials Credit Harm Reduction for Decline in B.C. HIV Rates (March 29, 2011)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Canada: An HIV Strategy Invites Addicts In (March 14, 2011)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Canada: Harm Reduction Groups to Intervene in Court Fight Over Safe-Injection Site (February 23, 2011)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Canada: Needle-Exchange Program Seeing Growth in Guelph and Wellington (December 23, 2010)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Is Vancouver, Canada's, Supervised Injection Facility Cost-Saving? (December 6, 2010)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Canada: Van Patrol Helps Vancouver Sex Workers Access Drug Treatment -- Study (October 20, 2010)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Syringe Sharing and HIV Incidence Among Injection Drug Users and Increased Access to Sterile Syringes (August 27, 2010)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Supreme Court of Canada to Hear Federal Appeal of Insite Safe Injection Clinic (June 29, 2010)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Canada: No Needle Exchange at Addiction Center -- Owner (March 30, 2010)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Canada: City Can't Wait Any Longer for Needle-Exchange Site, Victoria Councilor Says (March 18, 2010)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Canada: Free Needles, Crack Pipes Considered at Victoria Clinic (March 18, 2010)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Canada to Take Injection Site Case to Top Court (February 10, 2010)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Canada: Report Drawing on Experience of Inmates Calls for Needle Exchange in Prisons (February 5, 2010)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Ottawa Loses Appeal in Supervised Injection Site Case -- Site to Remain Open (January 19, 2010)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Canada: More Needles Given to Drug Users in Waterloo Region (August 18, 2009)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Canada: Injection Site for Toronto Under Study (August 13, 2009)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Canada: Insite Drug-Injection Facility Awaits Fate Amid Controversy (July 13, 2009)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Canada: Landmark Needle-Exchange Program Closing Down (July 8, 2009)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Canadian Court to Determine Constitutionality of Law Preventing Supervised Drug-Injection Sites (April 30, 2009)
In Kaiser Daily HIV/AIDS Report, from Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation
Needle-Exchange Program Needed in Canadian City of Victoria, Health Researcher Says (April 8, 2009)
In Kaiser Daily HIV/AIDS Report, from Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation
Canada: Trust an Issue as Prince Edward Island Takes Over Needle Exchange (March 30, 2009)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Canadian Prisons Contributing to Spread of HIV, Researchers Say (April 9, 2008)
In Kaiser Daily HIV/AIDS Report, from Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation
More Frequent Participation in Needle-Exchange Programs Does Not Increase Risk of HIV Infection, Study Says (February 26, 2007)
In Kaiser Daily HIV/AIDS Report, from Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation
Canada: North America's First Supervised Heroin Injection Site Opens (September 16, 2003)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Edmonton, Canada, Needle-Exchange Programs Need Better Government Funding, Advocates Say (September 10, 2003)
In Kaiser Daily HIV/AIDS Report, from Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation
With Injection Sites, Canadian Drug Policy Seeks a Fix (August 5, 2003)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Canada Sets Sanctioned Site to Inject Drugs (June 27, 2003)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Vancouver Breaks Ground on Continent's First Safe Injection Site (May 29, 2003)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Vancouver's Heroin "Fix" (April 4, 2003)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Canada Panel Pushes "Safe" Drug Injection Sites (December 11, 2002)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Decision on Safe Injection Project Expected Soon From Health Canada (November 19, 2002)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Crusading Mayor Aims to Change Vancouver (November 19, 2002)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Health Canada to Consider Safe Injection Sites (November 13, 2002)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Canada: Program Helps Reduce Disease -- 835,000 Syringes Collected From Inner-City Addicts (October 23, 2002)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Vancouver Study: Suburban Drug Users at Risk to Share Needles: Downtown Users Tend to Use Needle Exchange (April 8, 2002)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention