Finally starting to upload previous live show episodes on @cjmp-fm-qathet.bsky.social podcast page! Now you can listen to The Controlled Substance anytime! Here is episode 2- from back in November, check it out! cjmponline.ca/podcasting/i...

On yesterday’s show, The Controlled Substance shared info about how to support community mutual aid efforts re: ICE raids, and how to prepare for and treat exposure to chemical agents like tear gas. Stay safe out there, friends 💗 #iceout #solidarity #mutualaid #maskup

My latest newsletter: a tribute to Bob Weir, the guitarist who helped the Grateful Dead shift with the times, the thread that ties together Neal Cassady and John Mayer.

Singer John Mayer sings Grateful Dead’s “Ripple” during a public memorial for the band’s co-founder Bob Weir at Civic Center Plaza in San Francisco. Read more and see additional images from the memorial → www.sfchronicle.com/sf/article/b... 📽️: @stephenlamphoto.bsky.social/S.F. Chronicle

Bob Weir “had the nature of a polite and well-meaning cowboy, and a shy and understated charisma and grace,” Alec Wilkinson writes. “More than once, over the years, it occurred to me that he was the holy fool of the Grateful Dead.” newyorkermag.visitlink.me/nAtOOR

What’s up this week on the Controlled Substance? Sunday January 18th from 3-5pm, CJMP 90.1 FM - Decriminalization coming to an end and the response from advocates and PWLLE -trauma informed practice from an abolitionist and harm reduction lens -ICE + mutual aid -Walk With Me project -Music

Hey y’all- if you are into community grassroots radio- give @cjmp-fm-qathet.bsky.social a follow and share! There’s lots of great programming with local hosts, great music and interesting topics- including The Controlled Substance @spectra1312.bsky.social ;) cjmp.ca #community #radio

Happy New Year, listeners and followers! Tune in tomorrow Sunday January 4th from 3-5pm for the first show of the new year!! Episode 6- discussion about harm reduction and recovery- and how they intersect 💗 and of course shenanigans, bc drug checking, and music! radio.garden/listen/cjmp-...

Trying to support someone to get into detox during the void between Xmas and the new year sure is fun- especially in a rural and remote community that only has two detox beds (in hospital) weeeeeeeeeeeee #vch #ruralandremote #detox #recovery What do we do in the in between? -> #harmreduction

I got 5 episodes in before the end of 2025 and am grateful for the warm welcome back to the airwaves! There will be no live show tomorrow Dec 21 as your host must prepare for the return of her spawn for the holidays! See you in the New Year and as always, stay safe and take care of each other!

Tune in today, December 14th, from 3-5pm on @cjmp-fm-qathet.bsky.social CJMP 90.1 FM for grassroots harm reduction radio 🎙️ * DULF trial updates *BC and qathet drug alerts *community updates *city staff report on Extreme Weather Response *MUSIC Tune in online: radio.garden/listen/cjmp-...

“The Alberta government has confirmed it will follow through with a longtime pledge to shutter Calgary’s only supervised drug consumption site.” Alberta’s ongoing policy of social murder. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

I love you, Mean Bikini 💜 #harmreductionsaveslives

"The Minister of Health has been clear in her comments in the legislature that it is not the government’s intention to expand involuntary treatment through Bill 32." Carefully chosen words one supposes, because just days later... www.healthjustice.ca/blog/bill32 #bcpoli

Tune in this Sunday, December 7th from 3-5pm! On this weeks show: *DULF constitutional challenge trial updates *community announcements *BC and qathet drug alerts *holiday harm reduction tips *music and more! 💜 stay safe and stay connected 💜 radio.garden/listen/cjmp-...

Tune in this week: Sunday December 7th, to hear updates and information on DULF’s constitutional challenge. We have had a segment on the show about this trial since the pilot episode, and stand in solidarity with, and fully support Jeremy and Eris! #FREEDULF

Drug alert issued Dec 2, 2025: by @vchhealthcare.bsky.social for Powell River/qathet Red chunks sold as down found to contain fentanyl, benzodiazepines, and medetomidine. Stay safe and stay connected, friends ❤️

On today’s show we discussed the DULF trial, and the joint statement about legislation for involuntary treatment from @dsdp.ca and the BC Harm Reduction Nurses Association… lots of music, and some info about medetomidine! Tune in next week- Sunday from 3-5!

#MutualAid request: Our town has no shelter for the unhoused. An aid group has been organizing to feed, find clothes and camping gear, advocate for this vulnerable community. If you click the link to FB and simply “like” this photo we might win a lifesaving AED www.facebook.com/share/16oV91...

Tune in on Sunday November 30th from 3-5pm on CJMP 90.1 FM #qathet #community #radio This week: #DULF constitutional challenge begins, BC drug alerts, #VCH #medetomidine information, and more! Open your ear holes and your mind! #harmreductionsaveslives Tune in: radio.garden/listen/cjmp-...

The garbage pail kids in this video though 😍 😆

“Mis- and disinformation about safer supply, decriminalization, and voluntary treatment have circulated widely. But policy must be driven by evidence, not by fear, political pressure, or manufactured outrage.” 👏 👏

If you still have the CD case for an album you love, you are basically an archivist. Physical media owners are the unsung heroes of music history!

A constitutional challenge by founders of a Vancouver "compassion club" who were found guilty of drug trafficking is expected to begin today at the British Columbia Supreme Court.

this information about a public health emergency is not for public circulation we must replace the entire unregulated drug supply with regulated substances of known composition and potency, consumer products as legal and accessible as alcohol or gambling or gasoline • reality-based policy

Just finished Crackdown by @garthmullins.bsky.social It’s an essential piece of history and good sense policy on the failures of the drug war. I highly recommend to anyone, especially educators. www.penguinrandomhouse.ca/books/700597...

On Nov 23’s episode 2 we covered: *Foundry qathet to provide substance use services to youth *Garth Mullins book, CRACKDOWN *BC and qathet toxic drug alerts, 80+ overdoses in Cowichan, medetomidine info *Naloxone and AED’s in BC schools by December 2025 (1)

Every Sunday I try to catch up on the articles and stories that I should have read days/weeks/months/years ago—the infinity tabs on my safari app. Most of them aren’t worth the read, but here are a few that you should check out if you haven’t already! ICYMI 🧵

Tune in on Sunday November 23 from 3-5pm on CJMP 90.1 FM #qathet #community #radio This week: naloxone in schools in BC by December, BC and qathet drug alerts, #medetomidine information, and more! Tune in: radio.garden/listen/cjmp-...

Community based drug advisory for #qathet #powellriver To send a sample for testing: substance.uvic.ca Try not to use alone, carry naloxone, and look out for each other 💗 Be safe and access harm reduction supports and test strips at the OPS: 7019 Alberni St

There has been an increase in overdoses across the province- over this past couple weeks, with a number of alerts across multiple health authorities. Many are due to a rapid increase of medetomidine in the unregulated street supply. In #qathet #powellriver a community based alert was posted today

On the Nov 16th pilot episode we covered: *B.C. Human Rights Commissioner statement *DULF Ruling- clip with Jeremy Kalicum (Fifth Estate) and Drug Data Decoded article *interview with board member/volunteer of qathet CEH (cbc) *local drug checking results from mail in samples to Substance (1)

LIVE RADIO NOW! The Controlled Substance, live until 5! Radio: CJMP90.1 FM Online: cjmp.ca Radio garden: radio.garden/listen/cjmp-... #qathetcommunityradio #radio #live

Health Canada ignored expert advice to expand access to safe drugs for opioid users, internal documents show- “internal documents reveal that in 2023 experts told Health Canada to support non-medical safe supply, such as legal and regulated compassion clubs…..” www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

”…this continually unfolding tragedy is a violation of human rights and the result of systemic discrimination…” B.C. Human Rights Commissioner’s Statement on the Toxic Drug Crisis bchumanrights.ca/resources/pu...

Some studio practice before the show launches live on Sunday! It’s nice to be back in the studio after a long time away 💜 #communityradio #qathet #thecontrolledsubstance #harmreduction

Incredible things are happening in Vancouver politics at 8:50 pm on what is normally a nothing-burger Wednesday night. www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Gvb...

martlet.ca/potent-synth... "Government intervention in medical decision-making has limited access to pharmaceutical-grade opioid tablets, [so] 'It’s not surprising that people are going to seek those tablets elsewhere.'"

This show is inspired by and dedicated to all the loved ones we have lost to the toxic drug crisis. Celebrating the gifts, voices, music, art and culture of drug users everywhere 💜 #community #radio #drugs #harmreduction #mutualaid #endthedrugwar #safesupppysaveslives

Your host, SpecTra, will be discussing the #DULF ruling on this weeks pilot episode. Tune in to learn more, this Sunday from 3-5pm on CJMP 90.1fm in #qathet or tune in online at radio.garden/listen/cjmp-... #community #radio #bc #freedulf #safesupplysaveslives #harmreduction #care

New show on @cjmp-fm-qathet.bsky.social has an email! If you are interested in coming on the show to talk all things harm reduction and substance use- hit up The Controlled Substance at: [email protected] #communityradio #qathet #bc #harmreductionsaveslives

What can you look forward to on The Controlled Substance radio show? -local and provincial harm redux and substance related news -BC drug checking updates -stories and perspectives -music, art and research -celebration not criminalization Sundays 3-5 cjmp.ca @cjmp-fm-qathet.bsky.social