In Canada, alcohol is legal and we have a safe supply of booze. So why do some people drink mouthwash or rice wine? And why does the state over-police poor people for public drinking? In episode 46, w

Politicians and much of the media have been lying and whipping up a moral panic. And now, decriminalization in British Columbia is all but dead. In this episode, Garth talks with Crackdown senior prod

Right wing politicians say safe supply will hurt kids that young people will get hooked on drugs theyd otherwise never try. But kids already use drugs. If we want to protect and stabilize the lives

Rightwing politicians and media pundits want us to fear safe supply and harm reduction. They say these interventions are putting children and families in danger, when we know the opposite is true. But

Across the country, politicians and the media are fearmongering about childrens safety. Theyre using a faux concern about families to attack harm reduction and the drug user movement. And their rhet

Toxic drug deaths continue to break records in BC. We need an immediate expansion on all harm reduction initiatives. More than anything, we need a real safe supply. Instead, the BC NDP is moving backw

In the trades theres a zero-tolerance policy on substance use. But the construction industry relies on drugs. Cocaine and stimulants help maintain a demanding rate of production and opioids treat the

A right wing backlash against harm reduction and safe supply is brewing in Canada. Garth Mullins and Sam Fenn tell the story of how we got here and what needs to be done to fight back.

Being a mother who uses drugs can put you under constant scrutiny from the government. Especially if youre Indigenous. Youre judged and watched. You live in fear of that knock on the door, when they

Diversion: a cold, technocratic word for when we give, trade or sell our prescribed meds to someone else. A ghost story, whispered among doctors and now, a moral panic, hollered by right wing politici