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 will tell the story of a community fighting for their li

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Episode 56: Extraordinary Circumstances

Posted January 30, 2026 • 00:53:17

It’s been almost six years since the launch of BC’s tiny safe supply program; also known as “prescribed alternatives.” Although the evidence...

Episode 55: The Man in the High Castle

Posted June 30, 2025 • 00:43:25

With fascism on the rise around the world, we explore the relationship between Canada’s housing and policing policies and the risk of far right authoritarianism...

Episode 54: Get Sober or Get Dead

Posted June 4, 2025 • 00:49:27

Alberta is the involuntary treatment capital of Canada. Since 2006, the province has encouraged parents to waive their children’s rights and force...

Episode 53: Goodbye Trey

Posted May 13, 2025 • 00:22:45

We lost another soldier from the front lines. Trey Helten, longtime manager of the Overdose Prevention Society and all around harm reduction hero on...

Episode 52: We Will Delete All This

Posted April 15, 2025 • 00:32:51

Garth’s new book, Crackdown: Surviving and Resisting the War On Drugs, has just been published by Penguin Random House and is now