Considered by many to be a problem neighbourhood in Vancouver, the Downtown Eastside (DTES) is home to poor and displaced populations including First Nations people, runaways, prostitutes, petty criminals and drug addicts. Vancouver's drug problem has grown steadily worse over the last decade, resulting recently in the opening of the first official safe injection site. The Downtown Eastside also has the unfortunate distinction, according to a recent article in The Georgia Straight newspaper, of having the highest rate of HIV infection in the western world, largely attributable to the sharing of dirty needles by intravenous drug addicts. The trial of Robert Pickton, a pig farmer accused of the murders of over 40 women from the DTES is currently ongoing.