Editorial Statement on the Criticism of Suboxone

November 16, 2021BlogCrackdown

To our listeners, Crackdown’s recent episode (#27), titled “Cop Baked In”, was critical of the medication Suboxone (sublingual buprenorphine/naloxone) for its design, which (as a partial agonist) blocks feelings of euphoria from other opioids, and questioned the highly hyped rollout of new Suboxone prescribing guidelines in BC around 2016, when the province’s “overdose crisis” was declared a … Continue reading Editorial Statement on the Criticism of Suboxone →

Yard Tales Swap

October 27, 2021PodcastCrackdown

This month we’re bringing you an episode of the podcast Yard Tales, where Garth was recently a guest. Crackdown’s musical wizard James Ash is also featured on this one. Yard Tales is a show about forbidden spaces hosted by Luz Fleming. Some stories feature border crossings, life altering events, the need to express one’s self … Continue reading Yard Tales Swap →

Episode 27: Cop Baked In

September 29, 2021PodcastCrackdown

Editorial Statement on the Criticism of Suboxone Since 2017, the BC government has been massively expanding access to a prescription medication called Suboxone that provides far less euphoria than methadone or heroin. On episode 27 of Crackdown, we tell the story of Crackdown Editorial Board Reija Jean as she tries to become a “Suboxone person.” … Continue reading Episode 27: Cop Baked In →

Live at AAA 2019

August 12, 2021PodcastCrackdown

Here’s a little bonus content. In November of 2019, Crackdown held a panel at the American Anthropological Association Conference in Vancouver. As drug users, we’ve gotten familiar with what it feels like when anthropology is done to us, when we are its subjects – its Guinea pigs. But in this panel we talk about what … Continue reading Live at AAA 2019 →

Episode 26: Artificial Energy

July 16, 2021PodcastCrackdown

On Episode 26 of Crackdown, we look at crystal meth and the need to adapt to an unrelenting world.

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Episode 25: The Lab

June 3, 2021PodcastCrackdown

While overdoses in BC are climbing to unprecedented rates, some doctors still refuse to provide drug users with access to pharmaceutical versions of illicit drugs. Instead, many doctors view addiction as a chronic disease to be treated by limiting euphoria, prescribing “safer” analogues, or surveilling their patients. On episode 25, Garth interviews Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute … Continue reading Episode 25: The Lab →

Episode 24: If It Wasn’t Drugs It Would Be Something Else

April 29, 2021PodcastCrackdown

On Episode 24, Garth talks with the best-selling writer and activist Desmond Cole about how police use Canada’s drug war as a pretext for violence against Black communities.

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Episode 23: Cop Free Future

April 2, 2021PodcastCrackdown

After 113 years, things might be changing in Vancouver as the city looks to decriminalize the simple possession of drugs. In episode 23, Crackdown takes a look at the birth of the drug war in Canada.

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Episode 22: We’re Not Afraid of Needles Around Here

February 4, 2021PodcastCrackdown

On episode 22, Dr. Kimberly Sue, Medical Director of the Harm Reduction Coalition, answers our questions about COVID19 and the politics of vaccination.

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Canadaland Swap

December 31, 2020PodcastCrackdown

This is Canadaland’s episode #347 from November – The Brayden Bushby Trial And Pity Porn

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