Vancouver’s supervised injection site providing a safe place for changing lives By Amanda Waldroupe, Staff Writer Vancouver, B.C., knows how to deal with heroin addicts. Vancouver is the home to North America’s only supervised injection site, and the worl ...
21 Jul 2010 - Street Roots
Harm reduction, anyone? For the past two years Street Roots has covered what some are calling an opiate/heroin epidemic in the region. SR is in no place to determine if the region is dealing with what we can call an epidemic — but it’s not pretty. Last we ...
26 May 2010 - Street Roots
Return of the dragon- heroin takes over Portland's streets From the Sept. 18 edition of Street Roots. On a sunny Monday during the early afternoon, a 27-year old homeless man only wanting to be identified as “Joe” for this story walks down a hill ove ...
30 Sep 2009 - Street Roots
Street Roots wins honors from Society of Professional Journalists Street Roots writers Mara Grunbaum, Tye Doudy and Joanne Zuhl took home honors from the Oregon and Southwest Washington Society of Professional Journalists May 30. The event honors journal ...
1 Jun 2009 - Street Roots
Addict's Almanac, Part IV Sept. 18, 2008 Tye Doudy is 33 years old and lives in Portland. His stories chronicle his experiences and are told in the hopes that others may learn from his mistakes. This is the latest in a series of articles about his li ...
18 Sep 2008 - Street Roots
Addict's Almanac, Part III Tye Doudy is 33 years old and lives in Portland. His stories chronicle his experiences and are told in the hopes that others may learn from his mistakes. This is the latest in a series of articles about his life. He can be ...
4 Sep 2008 - Street Roots