The Rush

What happens to your brain on drugs? Dr. Ruben Baler, health scientist with the National Institute on Drug Abuse, says it's a learning process, and very difficult to unlearn. He spoke with WSKG's Crystal Sarakas.

It's the last Wednesday of the month in the Downtown Eastside neighborhood of Vancouver - the day when thousands of people living on the margins in this community get their monthly social assistance checks. The streets are full of activity, much of it drug-related.

You probably heard about the supervised injection site Ithaca proposed last winter; a place where people could inject heroin more safely. Vancouver, British Columbia has had supervised injection since 2003, although it remains a political hot potato.