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 37: Drugstore Cowboy

Posted March 22, 2023 • 00:43:10

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...

Episode 36: Some Exceptions Apply

Posted February 2, 2023 • 00:37:32

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

Episode 35: On the Clock

Posted December 9, 2022 • 00:39:58

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...

Psychoactive Swap

Posted September 22, 2022 • 01:15:27

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 working on new...

Episode 34: The Iron Law

Posted July 19, 2022 • 00:33:27

Drug decriminalization is coming to British Columbia. And that’s a big step forward.

Our movement has been fighting for decriminalization for...