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 33: You Will Not Destroy Me

Posted June 16, 2022 • 00:45:07

A spectre is haunting BC’s overdose crisis — the ghost of Riverview Hospital.

Riverview was one of the province’s main psychiatric hospitals...

Episode 32: Goodbye Greg

Posted May 18, 2022 • 00:18:54

Last month, Crackdown Editorial Board member Greg Fresz passed away. As usual, we held a memorial for our comrade at VANDU. Sadly, we do this...

Episode 31: Love, Death and Benzodope

Posted April 22, 2022 • 00:52:48

Can Martin and Laura’s fairy tale love story survive benzodope – the next lethal era of the drug war?

British Columbia has seen a surge of...

Episode 30: DULF

Posted March 15, 2022 • 00:47:16

In spite of a massive spike in overdose death, BC’s government still refuses to offer a genuinely safe supply of drugs. Eris Nyx and Jeremy Kalicum...

Episode 29: Resign

Posted February 15, 2022 • 00:42:19

2,224 people died of toxic drug overdose in BC in 2021, says the Chief Coroner. How many months of fatal OD statistics have we seen...