Pubdate: Fri, 27 Nov 2009 Source: North Shore News (CN BC) Copyright: 2009 North Shore News Contact: http://www.nsnews.com/ Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/311 Author: Jessica Barrett IS IT SURPRISING HOW EASY IT IS TO SCORE HARD DRUGS IN VANCOUVER? Less than 10 minutes. That's how long it takes to buy hard drugs like crystal meth and crack cocaine according to a study released Tuesday by the B.C. Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS. More disturbingly, the study, which interviewed more than 2,000 drug users over a 10-year period, showed crystal meth and crack use is on the rise, particularly among street youth. But while the exhaustive study may shock policy makers into supporting initiatives like a supervised inhalation site, most people on Lonsdale said the results didn't tell them anything they didn't already know. XANTHE VAN ZYL North Vancouver Not at all. Just it's such a big city that we have the opportunity anywhere. You walk down the street and people ask you, 'Do you want this, do you want that.' ANDA LALANDE North Vancouver No not really just because there seems to be a lot of access to that type of environment. You could just live next door to someone that sells it. JAY GERSHBEIN North Vancouver Not at all. Vancouver has a reputation that allows for easy access to buying crack or any other type of drugs. BRANDY ZACKS Surrey No because I was living that lifestyle up until eight months ago, and I just got clean and sober. . . . I could get it in under 10 minutes. KYLENE VAN DOK Powell River Not really. Everyone's really interested in it right now and they want to explore, so it's natural there'd be a lot of people selling it. - --- MAP posted-by: Jo-D