A Thousand Dreams: Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside and the Fight for Its Future

In this mix of history, journalism, political analysis, and first-person accounts, former chief coroner and Vancouver mayor Larry Campbell, renowned criminologist Neil Boyd, and investigative journalist Lori Culbert, offer a portrait of one of North America s poorest, most drug-challenged neighbourhoods: Vancouver s Downtown Eastside.
A Thousand Dreams raises provocative questions about the challenges confronting not only Vancouver s Downtown Eastside but also all of North America s major cities and offers concrete, urgently needed solutions, including:
Continued support for Insite, the safe injection site Decriminalization of prostitution and drugs The transfer of addiction services to the Health Ministry, allowing detox into the medical system More government-funded SROs and more affordable social housing