Mission Statement

VANDU is a group of users and former users who work to improve the lives of people who use drugs through user-based peer support and education. VANDU is committed to increasing the capacity of people who use drugs to live healthy, productive lives. VANDU is also committed to ensuring that drug users have a real voice in their community and in the creation of programs and policies designed to serve them.

About VANDU

We’re a grassroots democratic organization of drug users with over 3,000 members; the Vancouver Area Network of Drug Users has had and continues to have considerable impact on public policy and practice related to the use of illicit drugs.

VANDU Celebrates 25 Years of Activism

To commemorate VANDU’s history and continuing tradition of democratic poor peoples’ organizing, we are asking our supporters to donate $25 for our 25th anniversary. Your donations will help sustain VANDU’s ongoing campaigns, daily activities, and member-led projects. A coordinated and nationwide campaign to delegitimize harm reduction threatens the lives of drug users everywhere. It is more important than ever that drug users are empowered to lead the creation of programs and policies designed to serve them. Your support will help ensure that VANDU can continue the fight for drug users and all marginalized communities to survive and lead healthy, productive lives.

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