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Tales of addiction: a "creature awake on its wet paws"
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Tales of addiction: a "creature awake on its wet paws"

BC's long history of widespread addiction has generated a rich literature by writers like Patrick Lane and Evelyn Lau, who have shared their experiences of dislocation, trauma and pain

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Patrick Lane with Lorna Crozier (Victoria News)

A bittersweet legacy of British Columbia’s long struggle with widespread addiction, a silver lining in a cloud of dislocation, trauma and pain, can be found in the novels, memoirs and poems of countless writers.

If we want to understand the experiences of people who are the first victims of the toxic drug cr…

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