The 'Scared Straight Tour' of Vancouver's DTES is exploitive and degrading. "Somebody is making a profit from the trauma, the history of people in the Downtown Eastside, without giving back in any way," she said. To be clear, CCSA does not now, [nor] has it ever endorsed The Scared Straight Tour," said a CCSA spokesperson. Another aspect of the Scared Straight tour's website — the testimonials purportedly from tour attendees — did not stand up to scrutiny. The Downtown Eastside is the epicentre of the country's drug poisoning crisis.

Source: CBC News June 11, 2021 18:22 UTC