Garth Mullins

The stats from BC gov I saw were a 77% reduction in possession offences & PPT were flat.

"Everyone knew what was happening," judge admonishes Crown as DULF awaits trafficking verdict Justice Catherine Murray closed the trial with remarks that showed sympathy for the accused and noted the confusing behaviour of Health Canada, the Vancouver police and all other political entities du...

DULF case in court today. Judge: “everyone knew what was happening. It seems like these 2 [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.” drugdatadecoded.ca/everyone-kne...

Safe Drugs on Trial: DULF’s Trafficking Case Begins | The Tyee The founders are charged with trafficking. Their lawyers argue they had a legal exemption from drug laws.

We started DULF because we knew nobody was coming to save us, so we had to save ourselves. It worked. But right wing politicians made themselves famous off scapegoating us. The government de-funded us. The cops raided us. But our day in court is here. thetyee.ca/News/2025/10...

Wear with loafers or derbies? @dieworkwear.bsky.social

I’ve been invited to a writers festival. I’m gonna need a tweed jacket with elbow patches. I believe they are mandatory.

Ok well it turns out I do still need opioids. But those hugs are pretty great

My 5 month old baby started hugging me last week.
I no longer need opioids.

I’m sorry B-52s, but your love shack sounds like a pretty rancid joint. All the backing vocals in the universe can’t compensate for the couch in there

Thank you!

Crackdown by Garth Mullins | Penguin Random House Canada *NATIONAL BESTSELLER*Part memoir, part manifesto, Crackdown is a story of the drug war, told from the frontlines.

Just finished Crackdown by @garthmullins.bsky.social

It’s an essential piece of history and good sense policy on the failures of the drug war.

I highly recommend to anyone, especially educators.

www.penguinrandomhouse.ca/books/700597...

Both the poison drug crisis & the climate crisis were declared emergencies. Both have been met with half-measures that fail while the far-right mobilizes and governments offer funding cuts and increased police budgets.

Listen now: www.climateemergencyunit.ca/podcast

I was honoured to talk with @sethdklein.bsky.social & @anjaliappadurai.bsky.social about the interconnections between drug war & the climate apocalypse. It's all necropolitics.

City claims Vancouver has hit a 23-year low in violent crime | News The City of Vancouver and Mayor Ken Sim are celebrating a reported 23-year low in violent crime, dating back to 2022, when records began.

VPD has zero credibility in reporting violent crime statistics. By selective & sensational use of stats, they helped their friends get elected to city council. Now Task Force Barrage is out of gas & VPD wants more money. dailyhive.com/vancouver/va...

Thank you Peter

Poster text: HOSTED BY 360 COMMUNITY TOGETHER FROM STIGMA TO SUPPORT A Public Event Fostering Understanding Around Substance Use, Mental Health, and Homelessnesss Saturday, August 30, 2025, 1 PM - 4 PM 7260 St Albans Rd, Richmond, BC PROGRAM HIGHLIGHTS • Informal Mingling & Resource Tables • Naloxone Education • Harm Reduction Talk by Heather Tunold Expert in Substance Use Policy & Advocacy • Panel: Voices of Experience & Lived Reality • Keynote Address by Garth Mullins Award-Winning Journalist, Podcaster and Author All Are Welcome! Fr. Bill Mok https://our360c.ca

I am honoured to be invited by Fr. Bill Mok to give the keynote address at Together From Stigma to Support conference at St. Alban's Church in Richmond, BC on Saturday. Everyone welcome.

Crow perched on banister

New VANDU member joined up.

In the hi tech dystopian futures imagined in film and TV, space travel is possible but somehow not a fluorescent light that doesn't flicker.

Flight attendants at Air Canada have shown workers acting in solidarity can defy a crackdown on their rights—and strike for a better deal, including ending unpaid work.

As Carney prepares major cuts and attacks on public sector workers, it’s a model for bold labour action. youtu.be/f08RS-o5ohk

Amazing! Hope you like it, Peter. Thanks

Solidarity with CUPE flight attendants. All workers benefit from their defiance of back to work orders. Their fight is our fight.

My aunt was the 1st Chinese Canadian woman elected to public office in British Columbia. She died over the weekend. Her & her mother were well-known activists in the Vancouver Chinese community. They brought our family together with food & love. My baby got to meet her in her last few days 💔

Thanks very much, Seth

Just finished reading @garthmullins.bsky.social extraordinary memoir Crackdown. If you are looking to better understand addiction and the insanity of the war on drugs, I highly recommend it. Fantastic writing & deep insights.

Episode 37: Drugstore Cowboy — Crackdown Podcast Diversion: a cold, technocratic word for when we give, trade or sell our prescribed meds to someone else. A ghost story, whispered among doctors and now, a moral panic, hollered by right wing politici...

Full house at BCAPOM today for a listening party: @crackdownpod.bsky.social ep37 “Drugstore Cowboy” about the moral panic around “diversion” (AKA Sharing) www.crackdownpod.com/episodes/epi...

🏳️‍🌈☂️You can’t celebrate Pride while leaving sex workers behind. Pride was born from resistance. Queer & trans people-including sex workers-fought unjust laws. Not just a parade. #WISH

Ending Crime and Disorder on America's Streets By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, it is hereby ordered: Section 1.  Purpose and

Trump's order to erase, banish, incarcerate anyone who can't pay North America's skyrocketing rents. Deep criminalization of homeless & drug users. This is what fascism looks like. Jurisdictions to the north try variations of bits of this, dream of the whole regime www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...

Please help get this account some legs. Concerned, healthcare professionals, speaking out against involuntary care.

VPD’s Task Force Barrage seizes $2M in cash, drugs in Downtown Eastside bust | Watch News Videos Online Watch VPD’s Task Force Barrage seizes $2M in cash, drugs in Downtown Eastside bust Video Online, on GlobalNews.ca

VPD has been seizing dope since 1908. Busting heroin led to fentanyl. Busting fentanyl is leading to benzodope & tranqdope. Violence flares as new dealers battle to replace those arrested. The cycle will continue until cops stand down & we all try something different.
globalnews.ca/video/113030...

Whenever there's a mine accident, I follow it in the news and cross my fingers for the miners & Draegermen who are working the rescue.
It can be a scary job, which is becoming somewhat automated. You can drive some of the vehicles remotely.

Red Chris is an open-pit copper and gold mine in Tahltan territory (BC). The trapped miners were working on a block cave section when the "fall of ground" events happened. Underground, there are always regular refuge stations with comms, first aid, food, etc) The workers are in a refuge now.