Press Release – For Immediate Release, August 31, 2006
Drug Users go to Court to keep Safe Injection Site Open
Vancouver – The Vancouver Area Network of Drug Users (VANDU) will seek an injunction in BC Supreme Court to prevent the federal government from closing Insite, North America’s first safe injection site.
Scientific research in the world’s leading medical journals has established Insite as a success in reducing the harms associated with injection drug use in Canada’s poorest neighbourhood. Despite widespread support however, the Conservative government has refused to confirm that they will renew the permit for the site, due to expire September 12, 2006.
A press conference providing details of the lawsuit and injunction application will be held:
Friday, September 1, 2006
1pm to 2pm
Carnegie Centre Auditorium
410 Main Street, Vancouver
VANDU is represented by John Conroy, Q.C., a director of Pivot Legal Society and a well-known senior member of the Bar.
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About Pivot Legal Society
Pivot’s mandate is to take a strategic approach to social change, using the law to address the root causes that undermine the quality of life of those most on the margins. We believe that everyone, regardless of income, benefits from a healthy and inclusive community where values such opportunity, respect and equality are strongly rooted in the law.
