Episode 45: Recriminalization

[View through a narrow alleyway with a person standing at the end. (Original photo by Paul Yee, 1977; titled “Alley in Chinatown, Victoria, B.C.” Source: Vancouver Archives)]

Politicians and much of the media have been lying and whipping up a moral panic. And now, decriminalization in British Columbia is all but dead. In this episode, Garth talks with Crackdown senior producer Sam Fenn and VANDU organizer Hannah Dempsey to bring you the straight goods on why drugs have been re-criminalized and what the grim implications of this move are.

Transcript

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Credits

Crackdown is produced on the territories of the Musqueam, Squamish and Tsleil Waututh Nations.

Our editorial board is: Dean Wilson, Jeff Louden, Laura Shaver, Reija Jean, Samona Marsh, Shelda Kastor, Elli Taylor, Delilah Gregg, Martin Steward, and Ryan Maddeaux. 

This episode was conceptualized, written, and produced by Sam Fenn, Alex de Boer and Garth Mullins.

Score by James Ash.

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