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Crackdown

The drug war, covered by drug users as war correspondents. Crackdown is a monthly podcast about drugs, drug policy and the drug war led by drug user activists and supported by research. Each episode w... Read more

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Episode 39: Backlash

Episode 39: Backlash

A right wing backlash against harm reduction and safe supply is brewing in Canada. Garth Mullins and Sam Fenn tell the s... Read more

6 Jul 2023

37mins

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Episode 38: The Knock

Episode 38: The Knock

Being a mother who uses drugs can put you under constant scrutiny from the government. Especially if you’re Indigenous. ... Read more

1 Jun 2023

47mins

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Episode 37: Drugstore Cowboy

Episode 37: Drugstore Cowboy

Diversion: a cold, technocratic word for when we give, trade or sell our prescribed meds to someone else. A ghost story,... Read more

22 Mar 2023

43mins

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Episode 36: Some Exceptions Apply

Episode 36: Some Exceptions Apply

BC just decriminalized drugs. Well sort of. For the next three years, it’s legal to carry 2.5 grams or less of certain ... Read more

2 Feb 2023

37mins

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Episode 35: On the Clock

Episode 35: On the Clock

Sex workers who use drugs are doubly criminalized. They have to look out for bad dope and bad dates. And change comes sl... Read more

10 Dec 2022

39mins

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Psychoactive Swap

Psychoactive Swap

I know you haven’t heard from us in a while. We’ve been busy. There’s a lot going on behind the scenes. So while we’re w... Read more

22 Sep 2022

1hr 15mins

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Episode 34: The Iron Law

Episode 34: The Iron Law

Drug decriminalization is coming to British Columbia. And that’s a big step forward. Our movement has been fighting for ... Read more

19 Jul 2022

33mins

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Episode 33: You Will Not Destroy Me

Episode 33: You Will Not Destroy Me

A spectre is haunting BC’s overdose crisis — the ghost of Riverview Hospital. Riverview was one of the province’s main p... Read more

16 Jun 2022

45mins

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Episode 32: Goodbye Greg

Episode 32: Goodbye Greg

Last month, Crackdown Editorial Board member Greg Fresz passed away. As usual, we held a memorial for our comrade at VAN... Read more

18 May 2022

18mins

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Episode 31: Love, Death and Benzodope

Episode 31: Love, Death and Benzodope

Can Martin and Laura’s fairy tale love story survive benzodope – the next lethal era of the drug war? British Columbia h... Read more

22 Apr 2022

52mins

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