Raise Shit!: Social Action Saving Lives

Type

Book

Authors

Susan Boyd

Donald MacPherson

Bud Osborn

ISBN 10

1552663272

ISBN 13

9781552663271

Tags

Self-Help, Drug Dependency, Historical Study & Educational Resources, Reference, Social Philosophy, Canadian, Political Advocacy, Human Rights, Philosophy & Social Aspects, Educational Philosophy, History, Philosophy, Political Science

Description

Revealing a social justice movement that culminated through community activism in Vancouver’s downtown east side, this account documents the opening of the first official safe injection site. Told from the point of view of drug usersthose most affected by drug policy, political decisions, and policingthis narrative is conveyed through a montage of poetry and photos of early Vancouver Area Network of Drug Users meetings, journal entries from the Back Alleythe unofficial safe injection siteand excerpts from significant health and media reports. Chronicling the harms of prohibition and emphasizing the concepts of kindness, awakening, and collective action, this recollection spotlights a community of prophets who rebuked the system, bringing hope into situations of apparent impossibility. - from Amzon

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