{"id":20288,"date":"2019-03-31T13:41:18","date_gmt":"2019-03-31T13:41:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.wordpress.com\/?p=20288"},"modified":"2019-03-31T13:41:18","modified_gmt":"2019-03-31T13:41:18","slug":"vancouverites-should-be-really-proud-of-your-humanity-says-u-s-based-needle-exchange-director","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/2019\/03\/31\/vancouverites-should-be-really-proud-of-your-humanity-says-u-s-based-needle-exchange-director\/","title":{"rendered":"Vancouverites should be \u2018really proud of your humanity,\u2019 says U.S.-based needle exchange director"},"content":{"rendered":"<span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading Time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> &lt; 1<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minute<\/span><\/span><div class=\"image__body white-background\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.thestar.com\/9Z9VPBLgQDKzG9REe4a4DdwPhL0=\/1086x725\/smart\/filters:cb(1553980664966)\/https:\/\/www.thestar.com\/content\/dam\/thestar\/vancouver\/2019\/03\/29\/vancouverites-should-be-really-proud-of-your-humanity-says-us-based-needle-exchange-director\/hansel_tookes.jpg\" alt=\"Dr. Hansel Tookes, a doctor at Miami\u2019s first needle exchange, says Vancouver is leading the way in harm reduction \u2014 but the city still grapples with universal challenges of stigma and gentrification.\" \/><\/div>\n<p>Dr. Hansel Tookes, a doctor at Miami\u2019s first needle exchange, says Vancouver is leading the way in harm reduction \u2014 but the city still grapples with universal challenges of stigma and gentrification.<span class=\"image__credit\">\u00a0\u00a0(<span class=\"image__credit__source\">HANSEL TOOKES<\/span>)<\/span><\/p>\n<p>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. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thestar.com\/vancouver\/2019\/03\/29\/vancouverites-should-be-really-proud-of-your-humanity-says-us-based-needle-exchange-director.html\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading Time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> &lt; 1<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minute<\/span><\/span>Dr. Hansel Tookes, a doctor at Miami\u2019s first needle exchange, says Vancouver is leading the way in harm reduction \u2014 but the&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-20288","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-hiv"},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20288","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20288"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20288\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20288"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20288"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20288"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}