I received a call from a team member at our Crisis Program who needed the Outreach Team’s help. Alice had been staying in our Crisis Program for a few days after fleeing an unsafe, and abusive situation.Alice had been at ... Read more

Rodrigo is a young man who would come into the Drop-In Centre to get his various needs met, like receiving food and clothing. At first, he did not interact much with our staff or other youth. Rodrigo was staying at ... Read more

Don has stayed with us a dozen or so times over the past year. Don struggles with substance use, something that has impacted his life more and more over the past year. In recent months, Don hasn’t been able to ... Read more

As with many of our residents, Charlie had come to Vancouver for a “fresh start” from Eastern Canada away from his family there.  As an underage youth, we found out, he was coming with a history in Foster Care and ... Read more

Dawn came to Covenant House Vancouver from another province to start fresh and take some time away from her family who were stuck in a spiral of drug abuse. Having never used drugs herself, Dawn found it very depressing to ... Read more

Reporters Ben Christopher and Jackie Wong from The Tyee tackle Vancouver's long history with drug use and abuse. The series titled, Addicted City: Drug Policy and Harm Reduction in Vancouver, is worth a read especially if you are interested in ... Read more

I stumbled across this great poem about crystal meth addiction on the family friends poems website in their teen section. The poem was written by Amy Brunson and I think she did an amazing job sharing her experience with crystal ... Read more

Lily had been in hospital for three weeks. Lily is 20 and she was a longtime crystal meth user, and the effects of this drug can be far reaching and permanent. Lily was displaying psychosis; and although she was clearly ... Read more

The BC Court of Appeal has recently ruled that Insite will remain open. This has been a very hot topic causing debates not only in Vancouver but throughout Canada and the world. There are many different perspectives on this issue from that ... Read more