The drug war, covered by drug users as war correspondents đđ Produced by @garthmullins, @samadeus & @alexmdeboer. https://xitter.cf/t.co/Zg5cuGqXwJ
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đ¨NEW CRACKDOWN POD đ¨
A big legal win for DULF means a defeat for the drug war while election time in BC & Ontario means more fear-mongering & scapegoating of drug users.
On Episode 59 of Crackdown, Garth and Sam talk about it all with Zoe Dodd.
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BC Supreme Court rules that helping people stay alive is not illegal; in fact, it is courageous.
People at VANDU are jubilant hearing this news.
What a welcome relief from the regular programming that attacks drug users and those who support them.
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đ¨NEW EPISODE!!đ¨
Garth & Sam dig into Canadaâs rotten history of police accountability. Are our systems failing? Or are they doing exactly what they were built to do?
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đ¨ Oh my God we're back again! đ¨
Sam and Garth discuss Elanore Sturko, Vaughn Palmer and Tristin Hopperâs claims that fewer people died from fatal ODs in Canada in 2025 because BC abandoned harm reduction. Are they right?
(No they're not).
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It wasn't just drug users, social scientists, Dr. Henry, BC's Chief Coroner.. turns out Health Canadaâs expert committee was also urging govt to expand safe supply. Instead of listening to science + lived experience, the feds (& BC NDP) decided to kill it. shorturl.at/VdxHc
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This is why we need the police out of politics
VPD was aware of the intense public interest â and also of the âfear and anxietyâ news of stranger assaults was causing in 2022. VPD issued at least 52 releases mentioning stranger assaults, but provided no updated data about the frequency of these crimes. ctvnews.ca/vancouver/articleâŚ
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âA revolutionary testament from the frontlines of the drug warâ â I reviewed âCrackdown: Surviving and Resisting the War on Drugsâ by @GarthMullins (Doubleday Canada, 2025) for @SpringMagCA:
SpringMag.ca/crackdown-a-revâŚ
#BCpoli #HarmReduction #NSpoli #canlab #WarOnDrugs #cdnpoli #1u
đ¨NEW EPISODE đ¨
With fascism on the rise around the world, we explore the relationship between Canadaâs housing and policing policies and the risk of far right authoritarianism at home.
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Itâs about getting poor people out of the entertainment district,â she said. âBut thereâs nowhere else for them to go.â @JeanSwanson_ vancouversun.com/opinion/colâŚ
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The Alberta govt wants drug users to knowâyou can get sober or get dead.
Even though total abstinence does not work for most people, families are being forced to make a choice: lock your loved one up in treatment or leave them to face the dangers of an unregulated drug supply.
Alberta is the involuntary treatment capital of Canada. On ep 54, we meet Angie & her son Brandon. When Brandon got wired as a teen, Angie had a difficult choice to make: should she force him to sober up? If she did, what would happen to their relationship?shorturl.at/RJLjH
Alberta is the involuntary treatment capital of Canada. On ep 54, we meet Angie & her son Brandon. When Brandon got wired as a teen, Angie had a difficult choice to make: should she force him to sober up? If she did, what would happen to their relationship?shorturl.at/RJLjH
Huge thank you to Angie & Brandon from @4bHarmReduction. Crackdown isn't possible without the courage and vulnerability of our subjects who often share the hardest moments of their lives so that we can illustrate the injustice of the drug war. So much gratitude. đ
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I am very glad to hear the federal minister of health say that forced treatment does not work. Now all the provincial health ministers gotta listen. @crackdownpod will have an ep on this out in a few days. cfjctoday.com/2025/06/03/heaâŚ
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Watching ABC Vancouver types offer emotional condolences over the death of Trey Helten who spent his life helping this city's homeless & addictedâafter the ABC mayor & council have done nothing but wreck the chances of those homeless & addictedâhas been grotesque #vanpoli
Trey Helten spent a decade dedicating himself to harm reduction in Vancouver's DTES. He saved countless lives.
Trey leaves behind a partner, a teenage son & an unborn child. If you can, please donate to ease the burden on his family. đ tinyurl.com/bp69svba
Trey Helten was nothing less than a hero. He saved hundreds of lives by reversing ODs, driving people to treatment & just being kind. Trey was a friend to Crackdown and appeared on the show twice. We'll never forget you, Trey. Rest in power. rb.gy/ztwctt
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'Boundless care and compassion': Trey Helten was on a mission to help others in Vancouver's Downtown Eastside #dtes #harmreduction
vancouversun.com/news/obitua⌠via @VancouverSun
