Zainab Salam

1 month ago | the-peak.ca | Zainab Salam |Hannah Fraser

By: Zainab Salam, Staff Writer and Hannah Fraser, News Editor Healthcare workers and patrons in Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside (DTES) are voicing concerns that the Vancouver Police Department (VPD) is “deterring access to harm reduction sites.” Harm reduction is an “evidence-based approach to care” that by “preventing infections, illness, and injury related to drug use and sexual practices.” According to a press release from the organization Police Oversight With Evidence and Research (POWER),...