What happens when you give drug users drugs?

About this episode

This episode explores harm reduction and the impact of drug addiction on community and poverty through the lens of the Safe Supply program in Vancouver.

In this bonus episode, we’re introducing On Drugs from CBC. On Drugs from CBC looks through the lenses of history, pop culture and personal experience to understand how drugs have shaped our world. Because even if it’s just caffeine or ibuprofen, there’s a good chance you’re on drugs right now. In Vancouver’s East Hastings, the Safe Supply program challenges the conventional narrative that sobriety is the ultimate goal. Host, Geoff Turner visits the Vancouver Area Network of Drug Users office to sit down with Garth. This episode explores harm reduction, examining how drug addiction intersects with issues of poverty, shame, and community. Are programs like these changing lives? Why did they end? Did decriminalization really fail? More episodes of On Drugs are available at: https://link.mgln.ai/Hipojc Share Post reddit Email

People in this episode

Host: Geoff Turner

Guest: Garth

Topics covered

• drug addiction
• harm reduction
• poverty
• community
• decriminalization
• Safe Supply program

Keywords

• drug users
• harm reduction
• Safe Supply
• decriminalization
• Vancouver
• drug addiction
• poverty
• community

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Vancouver Area Network of Drug Users, CBC

Places: Vancouver, East Hastings

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