Vancouver mayor’s party quietly corrects inaccurate violent crime statistics

"Close to 54,000 people have died in Canada from opioid toxicity since 2016." FIFTY-FOUR THOUSAND PEOPLE. What are we doing here? Criminalizing using drugs didn't save any of those people; it arguably contributed to their deaths. #CdnPoli #BCPoli

Founders of groundbreaking Vancouver compassion club found guilty of drug trafficking Eris Nyx and Jeremy Kalicum, who sold club members drugs they had tested for safety, plan to launch a constitutional challenge against Canada's drug laws on November 24. pressprogress.ca/founders-of-...

"included in the evidence were phone calls and emails of support from Vancouver police, who later raided the club and arrested Kalicum and Nyx" Court finds DULF guilty: drugdatadecoded.ca/court-finds-... bsky.app/profile/drug...

DULF co-founders Eris Nyx and Jeremy Kalicum were found guilty of possession with the intent to traffic this morning for meth, heroin and cocaine. My full story on @thetyee.ca thetyee.ca/News/2025/11...

same day dulf is convicted, northern health put out this warning

Great reporting from @brishti.bsky.social on today's verdict in the Drug User Liberation Front trial

“After all, who can be against saving lives?” Two young Canadian heroes, guided by the data, implement sound drug policy. Now they face 40 years in prison if convicted — for actually saving lives. NOW is the time vigorously support them! www.thenation.com/article/soci...

This is a cop, trained in ‘investigation’ ⬇️ More excellent coverage of the DULF trial by @michellegamage.bsky.social

Not just a cop trained in investigation, but the cop in charge of the investigation against DULF.

update on the dulf case despite the judge recognizing the political theatre that led to the DULF arrests, the court has found them guilty they still have a charter challenge & im optimistic they'll win there #harmreduction #drugsky #cdnpoli

Court finds DULF guilty for compassion club "heralded as success" Convictions are on hold as the compassion club founders prepare for a Charter challenge to begin on November 24. drugdatadecoded.ca/court-finds-...

the police are defunding us

Here's my interview and podcast with Ken Sim on the 2026 Vancouver budget, a breakdown of the cuts and increases, and what he says to people who think he gives the VPD a blank cheque.

If someone is overdosing call 911. The Supreme Court of Canada says saving a life is more important than policing small amounts of drugs, so you will be protected even if police show up and see you have, or have taken small amounts of drugs. My latest for @thetyee.ca thetyee.ca/News/2025/11...

it is true that the police lie thetyee.ca/News/2025/11... bsky.app/profile/thet...

it is true that the police lie thetyee.ca/News/2025/11... bsky.app/profile/thet...

“As soon as politicians started complaining, all of a sudden VPD — which before was fine — suddenly was not fine.” The drug trafficking trial of Eris Nyx and Jeremy Kalicum ended Wednesday in a courtroom of supporters and legal observers. The DULF compassion club organizers learn their fate Nov. 7.

STORY: Why a judge rejected prosecutors' call to give three Coastal Gas Link protesters jail time for breaching an injunction. @amandafollett.bsky.social: thetyee.ca/News/2025/10...

If Eris Nyx and Jeremy Kalicum, founders of the Drug User Liberation Front, are found guilty, they plan to appeal the decision and hope that there is an outpouring of public support. “After all, who can be against saving lives?”

🧵 My story, "What's Wrong With Rehab?" won Gold for Long-Form at Alberta Magazine Awards last night! Thanks to @albertaviews.bsky.social & all who shared expertise: Brandon Shaw, Esther Tailfeathers, @ehyshka.bsky.social, David Hodgins & recovery workers. 1/ albertaviews.ca/whats-wrong-...

The club had 47 members, no deaths and the number of overdoses requiring naloxone declined by 2/3 during its operation. thetyee.ca/Analysis/202...

Thanks to @thetyee.ca for getting this story out to a bigger audience. Some incredible comments by the judge during the closing arguments. thetyee.ca/Analysis/202...

DULF showed us all the way. They were even acknowledged by the Premier as saving lives. Now the state is trying to punish them for it. "In the recording, the [police] reply that this is 'great work that you’re doing' and that they are 'happy to assist in any way we can.'" thetyee.ca/News/2025/10...

W/ commentary from @garthmullins.bsky.social: “While two of our brave leaders are on trial, really it's the whole apparatus of Prohibition that should be on the dock. The war on drugs and the politicians and policy makers that maintain it are covered in blood—of our friends, loved ones & families.”

“The troubling thing about this prosecution is that everyone knew what was happening. It seems like [Nyx & Kalicum] are being hung out to dry. As soon as politicians started complaining, all of a sudden VPD—which before was fine—suddenly was not fine.” -Judge 1/ drugdatadecoded.ca/everyone-kne...

"In a province where five people per day die from the toxic and unregulated drug supply, not one member of the compassion club overdosed while using the DULF supply" DULF Case Wraps Up at the BC Supreme Court: themainlander.com/2025/10/15/d... #drugsky

www.timescolonist.com/local-news/p... "The synthetic opioid nitazene ... is showing up ... in counterfeit pressed pills sold as oxycodone, percocet and hydromorphone." A predicted harm of the BC Government's crackdown on safer supply prescribing. #bcpoli

today is day 3,465 of B.C.'s public health emergency. rcmp.ca/en/bc/campbe... rcmp.ca/en/bc/campbe...

BCCLA's Litigation Director, Vibert Jack, responds to this report: "This study confirms what we sadly already know, daytime sheltering bans kill. The cruel, inhumane and deadly practice of street sweeps must end now." Shelter is Survival, Learn More: bccla.org/campaign/she...

A new research paper shows that an inability to access health and social services, as well non-fatal overdose, was a positively tied to street sweeps. Read the report : www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Researchers quantified what people with lived experience have been saying for years: street sweeps harm people, increasing their risk of violence and overdose. My latest for @thetyee.ca thetyee.ca/News/2025/09...

Safe Drugs and Two Faced Vancouver Police on Trial

look at this rot www.ctvnews.ca/vancouver/ar...

Almost two years after police raided their compassion club and homes, Drug User Liberation Front co-founders Eris Nyx and Jeremy Kalicum are in court to fight drug trafficking charges. @michellegamage.bsky.social reports. #vanpoli

I have to repost this In any reasonable world the entire VPD senior staff would be fired over these lies and clear election interference.

"The goal, DULF maintained, was to save lives." Drug User Liberation Front "produced a peer-reviewed study that showed after about one year none of its compassion club members had died." "Their trial is scheduled for the next two weeks." #BritishColumbia #Canada #Policing #Drugs

can you believe it? the cops lied!

The Vancouver police chief expressed approval of the compassion club before it was raided and its organizers arrested. They are now on trial for trafficking.

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