Part Five: Harm Reduction: The Direct Action Movement that Changed How We Understand Addiction

Part Five: Harm Reduction: The Direct Action Movement that Changed How We Understand Addiction

June 8, 2026 · 38 min

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Margaret tells the story of the punks, hippies, and poets in Vancouver who pioneered the modern harm reduction movement.

Margaret resumes telling you the story of the punks, hippies, and poets in Vancouver, Canada who pioneered the modern harm reduction movement Sources: Fighting for Space, Travis Lupick (https://firestorm.coop/products/11537-fighting-for-space.html?referral=killjoy) https://www.addictionresource.net/heroin/types/china-white/ https://www.vice.com/en/article/poll-taxriot-anniversary-solomon-hughes-382/ https://abcbookworld.com/article/article-15099/ https://globalnews.ca/news/370804/income-by-postal-code/ https://immigrationnewscanada.ca/most-dangerous-cities-in-canada-mid-2025/ https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/expo-86-evictions-remembered-1.3566844 https://riseupfeministarchive.ca/poster/la-quena-presents-inti-illimani-and-holly-near personal correspondence https://theanarchistlibrary.org/library/christopher-b-r-smith-harm-reduction-as-anarchist-practice https://theanarchistlibrary.org/library/zoe-dodd-alexander-mcclelland-taking-risks-is-a-path-to-survival https://inpud.net/who-we-are/ https://theanarchistlibrary.org/library/zoe-dodd-alexander-mcclelland-the-revolution-will-not-be-sober…

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