This week on Century of Lies: Respecting the Rights and Dignity of People Who Use Drugs. From 2020 until the arrests in 2023, the Drug User Liberation Front provided a safe supply of drugs to a small number of people who use drugs in that part of northern Abya Yala known colonially as Vancouver, BC. The drugs were sourced via the Dark Web, purity and potency tested with a mass spectrometer. DULF used a compassion club model, members were carefully screened, prices were kept low. No deaths resulted from the use of drugs obtained through DULF. Two of DULF’s organizers and public spokespeople, Eris Nyx and Jeremy Kalicum, were arrested in October 2023 and charged in May of 2024. As loyal listeners know we’ve been following this story for the last few years. On this edition of Century we hear from DULF co-founders Eris Nyx and Jeremy Kalicum and their attorneys Stephanie Dickson and Tim Dickson about the trial and a new Charter challenge that DULF has just filed, challenging section 5(2) of the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act and arguing that it violates the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms by restricting access to a safer drug supply.

This week on Century of Lies: Compassion Clubs and Safe Supply – part two of our conversation with Eris Nyx from the Drug User Liberation Front in Vancouver, BC.

On this edition of Century, part one of a conversation with Eris Nyx of the Drug User Liberation Front about decrim, safe supply, and the compassion club model.

Revolutionary Change vs the Limitations of Reform – We talk about decriminalization and safe supply with Eris Nyx from the Drug User Liberation Front in Vancouver, BC, plus the University of Alberta’s Dr. Elaine Hyshka and Brown University’s Dr. Brandon Marshall on supervised consumption sites.

The British Columbia Association of People on Opiate Maintenance (BCAPOM), the Drug User Liberation Front (DULF) and the Vancouver Area Network of Drug Users (VANDU) broke the news that there were a total of 2224 drug poisoning deaths in BC in calendar year 2021. In response to this, the groups are issuing demands for immediate access to safe supply and accountability for those in charge of the overdose response in BC, while continuing their tradition of distributing a safe supply of cocaine, heroin and methamphetamine. On this edition of Century we hear from Eris Nyx with the Drug User Liberation Front and from members of BCAPOM including Association President Laura Shaver.