

S3 EP4 What happens when you give drug users drugs?
Jan 27, 2025
51:50
<p>In Vancouver’s East Hastings, the Safe Supply program challenges the conventional narrative that sobriety is the ultimate goal. Geoff visits the Vancouver Area Network of Drug Users office to sit down with <a href="http://www.garthmullins.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><strong>Garth Mullins</strong></a>, an advocate and organizer. 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? </p><p><br></p><p>Listen to Garth Mullin’s <strong>Crackdown</strong> podcast: <a href="https://www.crackdownpod.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.crackdownpod.com/</a></p><p><br></p><p><strong>Fighting for Space</strong> by Travis Lupick: <a href="https://tlupick.com/fightingforspace/ " rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://tlupick.com/fightingforspace/</a></p><p><br></p><p>Listen to <strong>City, On Drugs</strong> from Season 1: <a href="lnk.to/6c7jR9" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">lnk.to/6c7jR9</a></p><p><br></p>