{"product_id":"9781926812281","title":"A Thousand Dreams: Vancouver's Downtown Eastside and the Fight for Its Future","description":"In this mix of history, journalism, political analysis, and first-person accounts, former chief coroner and Vancouver mayor \u003cb\u003eLarry Campbell\u003c\/b\u003e, renowned criminologist \u003cb\u003eNeil Boyd\u003c\/b\u003e, and investigative journalist \u003cb\u003eLori Culbert\u003c\/b\u003e, offer a portrait of one of North America’s poorest, most drug-challenged neighbourhoods: Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eA Thousand Dreams\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e 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:\u003cbr\u003eContinued support for Insite, the safe injection site\u003cbr\u003eDecriminalization of prostitution and drugs\u003cbr\u003eThe transfer of addiction services to the Health Ministry, allowing detox into the medical system\u003cbr\u003eMore government-funded SROs and more affordable social housing\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Greystone Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47173216403696,"sku":"9781926812281","price":15.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781926812281_p0.jpg?v=1763635427","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781926812281","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}