In Vancouver’s East Hastings, the Safe Supply program challenges the conventional narrative that sobriety is the ultimate goal. Geoff visits the Vancouver Area Network of Drug Users office to sit down with Garth Mullins, an advocate and organizer. 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? 

Listen to Garth Mullin’s Crackdown podcast: https://www.crackdownpod.com/

Fighting for Space by Travis Lupick: https://tlupick.com/fightingforspace/

Listen to City, On Drugs from Season 1: lnk.to/6c7jR9