Welcome to our 3rd major revision of this website since 2006. Our readership continues to grow and we are endeavoring to keep up! We really appreciate all your feedback, questions, suggestions and ideas - keep sending them in.
NIABY.com (Not in Anyone's Back Yard) is an evidence based, medical information website monitoring proposed addiction and mental health community treatment solutions proposed for residential neighbourhoods. We believe that large supportive housing projects and community treatment facilities for difficult to treat, complex patients (severely mentally ill, drug addicts and the mentally ill drug addicts) should be proven safe and effective for their host communities, and have scientifically proven effective treatments.
The purpose of this website is to let you know what is being reported in the current scientific medical literature on mental health and addictions as opposed to what the politicians, and government bureaucrats want you to hear. NIABY.com exposes and analyzes government policies and reports for truth and accuracy on community drug treatments and housing. We monitor complex patient supportive housing initiatives for effectiveness. We attempt to bring honesty, transparency, accountability and responsibility to the non profit supportive housing and the addictions treatment industry.
Good intentions - no matter how well meaning - are not proof of effectiveness.
April 2, 2008
When we look at social and supportive housing projects currently planned for Vancouver and the information that has been made available by the City and by Vancouver Coastal Health with respect to these plans, there is little comfort to be had that any consideration has been given to risk management.
March 09, 2008
Learn the ugly, dismal facts about how successful drug treatment programs are for keeping their patients clean and sober. How much relapsing, lapsing and slipping will addicts be doing in that big new drug "treatment" therapeutic community facility in your family neighbourhood?
January 06, 2008
This past year NIABY.com has been accused of being biased by selecting and choosing only medical literature that shows poor results on Supportive Housing for mentally ill drug addicts (or just drug addicts) with offsite community drug treatment.
We sent a letter to Vancouver Addictions and Mental Health Professionals asking them to show Vancouver tax payers evidence of effective treatments for mentally ill drug addicts. Read their replies.
April 22, 2008
After a less than overwhelming response from the "experts" we are left wondering - Where is all the overwhelming evidence that this large scale supportive housing for mentally ill drug addicts are effective and safe for the community?