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My book is out now. Available anywhere. The audiobook too (which I read). It's part memoir, part manifesto and aims right at the heart of the current Trump / Poilievre right wing backlash against harm reduction. amazon.ca/Crackdown-Survivin…
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Sam and Garth discuss Elanore Sturko, Vaughn Palmer and Tristin Hopper’s 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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We started DULF because we knew nobody was coming to save us, so we had to save ourselves. It worked. But right wing politicians made themselves famous off scapegoating us. The government de-funded us. The cops raided us. But our day in court is here. thetyee.ca/News/2025/10/13/D…
Vancouver cops have zero credibility in reporting violent crime statistics. By selective & sensational use of stats, they helped their friends get elected to city council. Now Task Force Barrage is out of gas & VPD wants more money. dailyhive.com/vancouver/vanc…
I am honoured to be invited by Fr. Bill Mok to give the keynote address at Together From Stigma to Support conference at St. Alban's Church in Richmond, BC on Saturday. Everyone welcome.
ALT Poster text: TOGETHER FROM STIGMA TO SUPPORT A Public Event Fostering Understanding Around Substance Use, Mental Health, and Homelessnesss Saturday, August 30, 2025, 1 PM - 4 PM 7260 St Albans Rd, Richmond, BC PROGRAM HIGHLIGHTS • Informal Mingling & Resource Tables • Naloxone Education • Harm Reduction Talk by Heather Tunold Expert in Substance Use Policy & Advocacy • Panel: Voices of Experience & Lived Reality • Keynote Address by Garth Mullins Award-Winning Journalist, Podcaster and Author All Are Welcome! Fr. Bill Mok
I remember the day that photo was taken at 58 Hastings. I remember the promises made by then-mayor Robertson. He's now in a position to make good on them.
My piece in Georgia Straight. @vanpoli @bcpoli Jean Swanson: An open letter to housing minister Gregor Robertson | Georgia Straight Vancouver’s source for arts, culture, and events straight.com/city-culture/je…
My old comrade, @Tony_Tracy implies my book is basically the Narco-Communist Manifesto.
I couldn’t be happier with his take.
As I wrote in reviewing @GarthMullins’ book:
“Crackdown provides both inspiration & a practical roadmap. It challenges us to center the leadership of drug users, to build broad coalitions against prohibition, and to envision a world beyond the drug war”.
SpringMag.ca/crackdown-a-rev…
Generous praise for my book from an old comrade. Thanks very much, Tony.
“A revolutionary testament from the frontlines of the drug war” — I reviewed “Crackdown: Surviving and Resisting the War on Drugs” by @GarthMullins (Doubleday Canada, 2025) for @SpringMagCA:
SpringMag.ca/crackdown-a-rev…
#BCpoli #HarmReduction #NSpoli #canlab #WarOnDrugs #cdnpoli #1u
Right as usual, @JeanSwanson_ warns about the City’s odious plan for the DTES thetyee.ca/Opinion/2025/07/1…
Just cracking into @BruceMcIvor’s “Indigenous Rights in One Minute” - so far it’s a great, accessible read. Thank you, Bruce. I am trying to hone my skills of making complex topics more accessible to broad audiences.
ALT A yellow and red book sits on a black bandanna. The title is indigenous rights in one minute, but you need to know to talk reconciliation and the author is Bruce McIvor
If Steve Earle was my sponsor, like he done for Bubbles on The Wire, maybe I could walk them twelve steps and I would be alright. youtube.com/watch?v=Mzey6PA5…
Great job Matt Bonn
“Methadone saved my life," said @garthmullins. "I no longer had to spend all my time and money outrunning dopesickness. I could get on with doing the other things I wanted.”
By @matthew__bonn:
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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/hea…
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This alley between Hastings and Pender, which connects Cambie and Abbott streets, will be known as Ashtrey Alley in memory of Trey Helten.
Unanimous decision by City Council.
ALT RIP Grow Up
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With British Columbia’s toxic drug crisis now in its tenth year as a public health emergency, @garthmullins (author, “Crackdown: Surviving and Resisting the War on Drugs”) dissects the politics of the crisis.
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