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The City of Vancouver's Four Pillars Drug Strategy is based on
local, national and international research, combined with local
experiences and community consultation processes. The following
reports and links include local, national and international research
in areas related to each of the four pillars: treatment, prevention,
harm reduction and enforcement.
The City of Vancouver's Drug Policy Program has released reports
on the original Four Pillars drug strategy, a four-year progress
guide, a 2005 comprehensive prevention strategy and a summary
of proceedings from a prevention symposium.
DRUG POLICY PROGRAM REPORTS
Drug Substitution and Maintenance Treatment - Council Report 
City of Vancouver, Drug Policy Program, 2007
Preventing Harm from Psychoactive Substance
Use
City of Vancouver, Drug Policy Program, 2005
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Four Pillars, Four Years
City of Vancouver, Drug Policy Program, 2005
A Dialogue on the Prevention of Problematic Drug Use
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A summary of the proceedings from the symposium, "Visioning a
Future for Prevention: A Local Perspective," held Nov. 20-21,
2003 at Vancouver, BC.
A Framework for Action
City of Vancouver, Drug Policy Program, 2001
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Chinese
version
Evaluation Reports Related to Drug Policy
Four Pillars Supported Employment Project
December 2008
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The City of Vancouver Four Pillars Supported Employment Pilot Project
January, 2008
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SACY Pilot Summary Evaluation Report
December, 2007
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RECENT LOCAL AND NATIONAL RESEARCH REPORTS
RCMP Drug Situation Report: The Drug Situation Report provides a strategic overview of the illicit drug trade in Canada. The information presented in these annual reports is based on seizure data and investigations conducted by the Royal Canadian Mounted Police and other Canadian enforcement agencies and departments involved in drug enforcement.
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Learning From Each Other: Enhancing Community-Based Harm Reduction Programs and Practices in Canada
2008
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Still on Our Streets... Results of the 2008 Metro Vancouver Homeless Count
September 16, 2008
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Assessing Sentencing Across Criminal Careers: An Examination of VPD's Chronic Offenders
June, 2008
Vancouver Police Department
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Lessons Learned from the SCORE Project:
A Document to Support Outreach and Education Related to Safer Crack Use
June, 2008
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Beyond 2008: An International NGO Forum - Final Report of the Vancouver Consultation
February 4-5, 2008
Vienna NGO Committee on Narcotic Drugs
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Lost in Transition: How a Lack of Capacity in the Mental Health System is Failing Vancovuer's Mentally Ill and Draining Police Resources
January, 2008
Vancouver Police Department
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Mayor's Task Force on Mental Illness, Addictions, and Homelessness Report
October, 2007
City of Victoria, BC
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Common Trends in Provincial/Territorial and Regional
Drug Strategies
Canadian Centre on Substance Abuse, 2007
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The Costs of Substance Abuse in Canada
2002
The Canadian Centre on Substance Abuse, 2006
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Following the Evidence: Preventing Harms from Substance use in BC
BC Ministry of Health, 2006
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Canadian Addiction Survey
Health Canada, Canadian Executive Council on Addictions, Canadian
Centre on Substance Abuse, 2005
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Substance Abuse in Canada: Current
Challenges and Choices
Canadian Centre on Substance Abuse, 2005
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Vancouver Drug Use Epidemiology: Site Report for the Canadian Community Epidemiology Network on Drug Use
Canadian Community Epidemiology Network on Drug Use, 2007
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Vancouver Drug Use Epidemiology: Site
Report for the Canadian Community Epidemiology Network on Drug
Use
Canadian Community Epidemiology Network on Drug Use, 2005
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Nothing About Us Without Us: Greater,
Meaningful Involvement of People Who Use Illegal Drugs
Canadian HIV/AIDS Legal Network, 2005
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The Roots of Addiction in Free Market
Society
Bruce K. Alexander, 2001
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Recent International Research Reports
Beyond 2008 Declaration and Resolutions
Vienna, July 9, 2008
The Illicit Drug Trade in the United Kingdom
Home Office Online Report, June 2007
The
Prevention of Substance Use, Risk and Harm in Australia: A Review
of the Evidence
The National Drug Research Institute and the Centre for Adolescent
Health, 2004
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