Part Four: Harm Reduction: The Direct Action Movement that Changed How We Understand Addiction
From Cool People Who Did Cool Stuff by Cool Zone Media and iHeartPodcasts
May 20, 2026 · 43 min
About this episode
This episode explores the history of the harm reduction movement in Vancouver, highlighting the contributions of punks, hippies, and poets.
In part four of this series, Margaret tells you more about 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…
People in this episode
Host: Margaret
Topics covered
- harm reduction
- addiction
- direct action movement
- Vancouver history
- punks and poets
- social change
Keywords
- harm reduction
- addiction
- Vancouver
- punks
- hippies
- poets
- social movements
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: Cool Zone Media, iHeartPodcasts
Books & works: Fighting for Space
Places: Vancouver, Canada
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