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VANDU

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VANDU | Abbreviation | Short for Vancouver Area Network of Drugs Users, a group of current and former addicts on a mission to improve the lives of locals who use drugs.

Usage: “I really like what VANDU stands for, but until they educate users against littering needles in the playgrounds and schoolyards of the DTES they don’t mean shit to me…”

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