Vancouverites should be ‘really proud of your humanity,’ says U.S.-based needle exchange director

Dr. Hansel Tookes, a doctor at Miami’s first needle exchange, says Vancouver is leading the way in harm reduction — but the city still grapples with universal challenges of stigma and gentrification.  (HANSEL TOOKES)

Vancouver is leading the way in harm reduction and the prevention of overdoses but faces similar gentrification and stigma challenges to most other cities, according to the director of a landmark needle-exchange program in the U.S. Read More