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

BC just decriminalized drugs. Well sort of. For the next three years, its legal to carry 2.5 grams or less of certain illicit drugs. But some exceptions apply. Weve been fighting for decrim for de

Sex workers who use drugs are doubly criminalized. They have to look out for bad dope and bad dates. And change comes slow. Fights for incremental change dont get at the big structures that cause so

I know you havent heard from us in a while. Weve been busy. Theres a lot going on behind the scenes. So while were working on new episodes, weve done a swap with another podcast. Crackdown and Ps

Drug decriminalization is coming to British Columbia. And thats a big step forward. Our movement has been fighting for decriminalization for decades. To us, decriminalization means getting cops, cour

A spectre is haunting BCs overdose crisis the ghost of Riverview Hospital. Riverview was one of the provinces main psychiatric hospitals for a century. The giant complex sitting on 1,000 acres o

Last month, Crackdown Editorial Board member Greg Fresz passed away. As usual, we held a memorial for our comrade at VANDU. Sadly, we do this a lot. Theres nothing really that makes this constant dea

Can Martin and Lauras fairy tale love story survive benzodope the next lethal era of the drug war? British Columbia has seen a surge of unusual overdoses including Martin and Lauras. People are