Victoria B.C.’s Pandora Avenue is living up to its name. Greek mythology tells the story of Pandora’s Box being opened, unleashing untold misery on the world. Only one thing remained in the Box.
A recent Globe and Mail article illustrates the rapid downward spiral of Pandora’s street-level chaos, juxtaposing addiction and other forms of mental illness and the surrounding neighbourhood’s despair over lawlessness, crime, violence and the frustration of their, so far, failed efforts to help to strengthen the community. The article dubbed the area one of the “largest open-air drug markets in Western Canada.”
