Fighting for space : how a group of drug users transformed one city's struggle with addiction

Lupick, Travis, 1985- (Author).

Tells the story of a grassroots group of addicts in downtown Vancouver who throughout the 1990s and 2000s demanded that they be given the same rights as other citizens.

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ISBN: 155152712X
ISBN: 9781551527123
Physical Description 407 pages : illustrations
Publisher Vancouver : Arsenal Pulp Press, [2017]
Copyright ©2017

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Fighting for Space : How a Group of Drug Users Transformed One City's Struggle with Addiction

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Fighting for Space : How a Group of Drug Users Transformed One City's Struggle with Addiction

Section	Section Description	Page Number
	Introduction	p. 15
Chapter 1	Toledo, Ohio	p. 19
Chapter 2	Hundred Block Rock	p. 25
Chapter 3	A Chance Encounter	p. 37
Chapter 4	Hotel of Last Resort	p. 45
Chapter 5	Rat Park	p. 65
Chapter 6	Growing Up Radical	p. 75
Chapter 7	Back Alley	p. 81
Chapter 8	Miami, Florida	p. 99
Chapter 9	The Killing Fields	p. 105
Chapter 10	A Drug-Users Union	p. 119
Chapter 11	Out of Harm's Way	p. 135
Chapter 12	From Housing to Harm Reduction	p. 149
Chapter 13	Childhood Trauma and the Science of Addiction	p. 161
Chapter 14	Raleigh, North Carolina	p. 173
Chapter 15	A Drug Dealer Finds Activism	p. 177
Chapter 16	Taking the Fight to City Hall	p. 185
Chapter 17	Building Allies	p. 203
Chapter 18	Rewiring the Brain for Addiction	p. 217
Chapter 19	The Vancouver Agreement	p. 223
Chapter 20	Boston, Massachusetts	p. 237
Chapter 21	The Hair Salon	p. 243
Chapter 22	Establishing Insite	p. 257
Chapter 23	Opening Day	p. 271
Chapter 24	Consequences	p. 281
Chapter 25	Seattle, Washington	p. 285
Chapter 26	Drug Users with a Lawyer	p. 291
Chapter 27	Protests across Canada	p. 299
Chapter 28	Court Battle	p. 317
Chapter 29	Crossing a Line	p. 327
Chapter 30	Sacramento, California	p. 341
Chapter 31	Prescription Heroin	p. 345
Chapter 32	"The Assassination"	p. 361
Chapter 33	Fentanyl Arrives	p. 373
	Epilogue	p. 387
	Acknowledgments	p. 395
	References	p. 397
	Index	p. 398

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