Drug User Liberation Front DULF

August 31st, 10am-11am Join in solidarity or to add a name of a lost loved one. Wear a mask. Carnegie Community Centre... #SupportDontPunish #TheyTalkWeDie #EndTheStigma #HarmReduction #ProhibitionCrisis

Scenes from Saturday's memorial march organized by the Vancouver Area Network of Drug Users. Since 2016, over 15,000 people have died from overdose in Canada. We are in a public health crisis of catastrophic proportions that must be addressed through a #SafeSupply of drugs and decriminalization. Lives can't wait for incremental shifts in policy. Governments must be bold, compassionate, and decisive to end the loss of life.

From Garth Mullins: Me and Vancouver Area Network of Drug Users president Samona Marsh at Memorial March: We Speak Their Names, We March With Rage on Saturday. Photo by Kerry Watters

https://www.nationalobserver.com//youth-who-overdose-drugs

We have terms for hatred: sexism, racism, homophobia, misogyny,... What do we call the hatred and discrimination against people who use drugs? 2014: Dr Russell Newcombe discusses his research into what he has termed ‘intoxiphobia’. The ways in which some drugs, and the people who use them are stigmatised & discriminated against.