Crackdown

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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 lives. It’s also about solutions, justice for those we have lost, and saving lives.

  1. 30 ENE

    Episode 56: Extraordinary Circumstances

    It’s been almost six years since the launch of BC’s tiny safe supply program; also known as “prescribed alternatives.” Although the evidence that safe supply saves lives hasn’t changed, the political favourability of BC’s program has. In episode 56, we talk to safe supply patients, prescribers and experts who are experiencing the dismantling of this life saving program first hand. Share Post reddit Email

    53 min

  2. 01/07/2025

    Episode 55: The Man in the High Castle

    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 at home. Share Post reddit Email

    43 min

  3. 04/06/2025

    Episode 54: Get Sober or Get Dead

    Alberta is the involuntary treatment capital of Canada. Since 2006, the province has encouraged parents to waive their children’s rights and force them into detox as part of the Protection of Children Abusing Drugs Act. And in the coming months, Alberta will begin involuntarily detaining adults as well. On episode 54, Crackdown producer Alex de Boer travels to Edmonton to meet Angie Staines and her son Brandon Shaw. When Brandon got wired as a young teen, Angie had a difficult choice to make: should she force Brandon to sober up? And what would happen to their relationship if she did? Share Post reddit Email

    49 min

  4. 13/05/2025

    Episode 53: Goodbye Trey

    We lost another soldier from the front lines. Trey Helten, longtime manager of the Overdose Prevention Society and all around harm reduction hero on the Downtown Eastside has died at 42. Trey saved hundreds of lives. He was a friend to Crackdown and often helped connect us with community members. He was featured on the show twice. Today we’re listening back to both segments. Trey, we’re heartbroken. Rest in power. Share Post reddit Email

    23 min

  5. 15/04/2025

    Episode 52: We Will Delete All This

    Garth’s new book, Crackdown: Surviving and Resisting the War On Drugs, has just been published by Penguin Random House and is now available for purchase online.  In Episode 52 of Crackdown, Garth reads a chapter of his book called “We Will Delete All This,” about his first time using heroin as a teenager in San Francisco.  *Trigger warning for sexual abuse of a child and sex work.  Share Post reddit Email

    33 min

  6. 07/04/2025

    Episode 51: Goodbye Shelda

    On March 26th, we learned that our dear friend and comrade Shelda Kastor passed away. Shelda was a hero who dedicated decades of her life to fighting for the poor, drug users, Indigenous people, and women in Vancouver. Since Crackdown’s first meeting, Shelda helped us tell the story of how colonialism and the drug war work together to harm Indigenous people in Canada.  On episode 51 we reflect on this profound loss to our show, our movement, and our community.  We will never forget you Shelda.  Credits Crackdown is produced on the territories of the Musqueam, Squamish and Tsleil Waututh Nations. Our editorial board is Dean Wilson, Jeff Louden, Laura Shaver, Samona Marsh, Elli Taylor, Delilah Gregg, and Martin Steward. Rest in peace Shelda Kastor Dave Murray, Greg Fresz and Chereece Keewatin.  This episode was conceptualized, written, and produced by Garth Mullins, Sam Fenn, and Alex de Boer.  Mix by Alex Kim. All music by Blue Dot Sessions. If you like what we do here at Crackdown, please support us at patreon.com/crackdownpod. Thanks for listening. Stay safe and keep six. Share Post reddit Email

    13 min

  7. 13/03/2025

    Episode 50: The Toll

    It’s the end of an era in Canada. On March 10th – after nine years in power – Mark Carney replaced Justin Trudeau as Canada’s Prime Minister. We mark the occasion by looking back at Trudeau’s legacy on the drug war: over 50,000 preventable overdose deaths. And we struggle to describe how this epidemic of death and grief has changed us and our movement. Share Post reddit Email

    45 min

  8. 03/02/2025

    What happens when you give drug users drugs?

    In this bonus episode, we’re introducing On Drugs from CBC. On Drugs from CBC looks through the lenses of history, pop culture and personal experience to understand how drugs have shaped our world. Because even if it’s just caffeine or ibuprofen, there’s a good chance you’re on drugs right now. In Vancouver’s East Hastings, the Safe Supply program challenges the conventional narrative that sobriety is the ultimate goal. Host, Geoff Turner visits the Vancouver Area Network of Drug Users office to sit down with Garth. This episode explores harm reduction, examining how drug addiction intersects with issues of poverty, shame, and community. Are programs like these changing lives? Why did they end? Did decriminalization really fail? More episodes of On Drugs are available at: https://link.mgln.ai/Hipojc Share Post reddit Email

    54 min
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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 lives. It’s also about solutions, justice for those we have lost, and saving lives.

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  • Creador
    Crackdown Productions
  • Años de actividad
    2019 - 2026
  • Episodios
    65
  • Clasificación
    Explícito
  • Copyright
    © Garth Mullins, Ryan McNeil and Crackdown Productions
  • Mostrar sitio web
    Crackdown

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