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FIX: The Story of an Addicted City

Season 3 Episode 306 | 1h 27m 12sVideo has Closed Captions

Follow Ann and Dean in their struggle to open North America’s first safe injection site.

Dean Wilson used to be an IBM salesman. Now he is possibly the most outspoken drug addict in Canada. As president of the Vancouver Area Network of Drug Users (VANDU) he is a loud and articulate advocate for street addicts from Vancouver's Downtown Eastside, one of Canada’s poorest neighborhoods, and the site of the highest HIV rate in North America. Directed by • Nettie Wild.

05/08/2014 | Expired 03/01/2016 | Rating NR

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FIX: The Story of an Addicted City

Season 3 Episode 306 | 1h 27m 12sVideo has Closed Captions

Dean Wilson used to be an IBM salesman. Now he is possibly the most outspoken drug addict in Canada. As president of the Vancouver Area Network of Drug Users (VANDU) he is a loud and articulate advocate for street addicts from Vancouver's Downtown Eastside, one of Canada’s poorest neighborhoods, and the site of the highest HIV rate in North America. Directed by • Nettie Wild.

05/08/2014 | Expired 03/01/2016 | Rating NR

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