Episode 19: Losing Hope
Image: Supervised injection room at ARCHES in Lethbridge, Alberta. (Photo: Tim Slaney)
August 31, 2020.
Today is International Overdose Awareness Day, but so what? Who needs to be made aware? Who among us can’t see the corpses piling up from this endless war?
And just when you think things can’t get much bleaker, they do.
On today’s show Garth interviews Tim Slaney. Tim is a harm reduction worker at the supervised consumption site in Lethbridge, Alberta – one of the busiest in the world. And the government is shutting it down.
Transcript
A complete transcript for this episode is in preparation and will be published here when ready.
Credits
Crackdown is produced on the territories of the Musqueam, Squamish and Tsleil-Waututh Nations.
This month we lost a good friend, warrior and activist - Wade Crawford - from Six Nations. RiP Wade
Our Editorial Board is: Samona Marsh, Shelda Kastor, Greg Fresz, Jeff Louden, Dean Wilson, Al Fowler, and Laura Shaver. Rest in Peace Dave Murray and Chereece Keewatin
Crackdown’s senior producer is Sam Fenn. Our producers are Lisa Hale and Alexander Kim.
Our science advisor is Ryan McNeil. Assistant Professor & Director of Harm Reduction Research at the Yale School of Medicine.
Garth Mullins is our host, writer and executive producer. You can follow him on twitter @garthmullins.
Original score written and performed by Sam Fenn, James Ash and Garth. Our theme song was written by me and Sam with accompaniment from Dave Gens and Ben Appenheimer.
Music from the ARCHES Mic Club featured in this episode:
We make this podcast with funds from the Canadian Institutes of Health Research and the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada. And from our Patreon supporters.
