Dozens of interviews and meetings with groups at the Vancouver Area Network of Drug Users facility uncovered unique phenomena within the city’s notorious open-drug market

Dr. Anke Stallwitz, a professor of social and community psychology from the Protestant University of Applied Sciences Freiburg in Germany, came to Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside in March to conduct a study of violence in drug-dealing situations. The long-time international drug and addictions researcher was surprised by the violent “extreme sanctions” being used by some higher-level dealers when debts weren’t settled.  Read the rest of this article at The Province…