Dana Larsen
@danalarsen.bsky.social
Founder of The Medicinal Mushroom Dispensary & Get Your Drugs Tested (world's busiest free drug analysis service.) I gave away 10 million cannabis seeds.
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"Access to involuntary care" is an Orwellian euphemism.
Eby knows this is morally and medically wrong-headed, and he's doing it solely for political reasons.
Eby knows this is morally and medically wrong-headed, and he's doing it solely for political reasons.
Premier Eby will have announcement tmrw about "strengthening access to involuntary care for young people."
CMHA: "lack of evidence to support effectiveness of involuntary treatment for substance use disorder... evidence suggests it leads to an increased risk of death..."
bc.cmha.ca/news/involun...
CMHA: "lack of evidence to support effectiveness of involuntary treatment for substance use disorder... evidence suggests it leads to an increased risk of death..."
bc.cmha.ca/news/involun...
Involuntary Care Already Exists in BC, But Is It Working? - CMHA British Columbia
VANCOUVER, BC – (September 18, 2024): On September 15, 2024, Premier Eby announced that his government is expanding involuntary care for people with brain injury, mental illness, and severe addiction....
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December 5, 2025 at 1:45 AM
"Access to involuntary care" is an Orwellian euphemism.
Eby knows this is morally and medically wrong-headed, and he's doing it solely for political reasons.
Eby knows this is morally and medically wrong-headed, and he's doing it solely for political reasons.
If they can murder alleged drug smugglers in the ocean, they can murder alleged drug dealers on the street.
It's time to acknowledge that the "drug war" causes and worsens all the harms it claims to prevent.
#nomoredrugwar #endprohibition
It's time to acknowledge that the "drug war" causes and worsens all the harms it claims to prevent.
#nomoredrugwar #endprohibition
December 5, 2025 at 1:42 AM
If they can murder alleged drug smugglers in the ocean, they can murder alleged drug dealers on the street.
It's time to acknowledge that the "drug war" causes and worsens all the harms it claims to prevent.
#nomoredrugwar #endprohibition
It's time to acknowledge that the "drug war" causes and worsens all the harms it claims to prevent.
#nomoredrugwar #endprohibition
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I am going to repeat this forever: Supply-side crackdowns on drug use are useless, even fatal. They move addicts toward more dangerous substances, they create incentives for dealers to cut other drugs with the more dangerous substances (Xanax cut with whatever) so more casual users die, too.
This is very convincing to me, a guy who got hit on the head and forgot how most fentanyl ingredients were coming from China.
Sen. Roger Marshall defends Hegseth: "Look, we're losing 200 Americans every day to drug poisoning from these drug lords. This is a war. And it's ugly. War is never pretty ... that strike probably saved thousands of American lives."
December 3, 2025 at 3:16 PM
I am going to repeat this forever: Supply-side crackdowns on drug use are useless, even fatal. They move addicts toward more dangerous substances, they create incentives for dealers to cut other drugs with the more dangerous substances (Xanax cut with whatever) so more casual users die, too.
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Wonder how many years we have left of unleaded gasoline before there's a movement to put the lead back in
December 3, 2025 at 10:15 PM
Wonder how many years we have left of unleaded gasoline before there's a movement to put the lead back in
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A good meme to send people who are convinced we live in a computer simulation.
May 29, 2024 at 10:55 PM
A good meme to send people who are convinced we live in a computer simulation.
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The case is scheduled for the next two weeks and then one TBD week in 2026, likely happening in January or March.
November 29, 2025 at 1:34 AM
The case is scheduled for the next two weeks and then one TBD week in 2026, likely happening in January or March.
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I'll wrap with Nyx: "I've watched my coworkers die on the ground, friends die who leave behind children. This is gutting my community, killing everyone I know... If you're subject to this over and over again it becomes routine... for 10 years been screaming for help... that's fallen on deaf ears."
November 29, 2025 at 1:27 AM
I'll wrap with Nyx: "I've watched my coworkers die on the ground, friends die who leave behind children. This is gutting my community, killing everyone I know... If you're subject to this over and over again it becomes routine... for 10 years been screaming for help... that's fallen on deaf ears."
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Importantly — and this was stressed in friggen heartbreaking testimony — they were doing this while their friends, family and community members were dying in horrific, horrific numbers. The trauma they experienced/continue to experience is very clear. The crisis is continuing, 5 ppl/ day are dying.
November 29, 2025 at 1:13 AM
Importantly — and this was stressed in friggen heartbreaking testimony — they were doing this while their friends, family and community members were dying in horrific, horrific numbers. The trauma they experienced/continue to experience is very clear. The crisis is continuing, 5 ppl/ day are dying.
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Nyx and Kalicum are refuting this and arguing that they did everything they could at the time. Small errors in the study? They were learning how to write academic papers on the fly. Small flaws in communication with Health Canada? They're not lawyers and presented the info the best they could.
November 29, 2025 at 1:11 AM
Nyx and Kalicum are refuting this and arguing that they did everything they could at the time. Small errors in the study? They were learning how to write academic papers on the fly. Small flaws in communication with Health Canada? They're not lawyers and presented the info the best they could.
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DULF lawyers are arguing shutting down the compassion club violates member's Charter Rights under section 7 (right to life, liberty and security) and section 15 (right to be treated equally under the law). Basically closing DULF puts marginalized folks at high risk of OD and death.
November 29, 2025 at 1:06 AM
DULF lawyers are arguing shutting down the compassion club violates member's Charter Rights under section 7 (right to life, liberty and security) and section 15 (right to be treated equally under the law). Basically closing DULF puts marginalized folks at high risk of OD and death.
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On Oct. 25, 2023 Nyx and Kalicum were arrested and charged with trafficking. On Nov. 7, 2025 they were found guilty of trafficking with intent to distribute.
That lets them issue a charter challenge of the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act, which they did. That's why they're in court right now.
That lets them issue a charter challenge of the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act, which they did. That's why they're in court right now.
November 29, 2025 at 1:02 AM
On Oct. 25, 2023 Nyx and Kalicum were arrested and charged with trafficking. On Nov. 7, 2025 they were found guilty of trafficking with intent to distribute.
That lets them issue a charter challenge of the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act, which they did. That's why they're in court right now.
That lets them issue a charter challenge of the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act, which they did. That's why they're in court right now.
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DULF tried to work with almost every level of gov, asking Health Canada to give them permission to buy, test and distribute drugs (denied), the province to give them permission to test drugs and run an OPS (granted), and for support from police (grey area, some officers said initiative was helpful)
November 29, 2025 at 1:00 AM
DULF tried to work with almost every level of gov, asking Health Canada to give them permission to buy, test and distribute drugs (denied), the province to give them permission to test drugs and run an OPS (granted), and for support from police (grey area, some officers said initiative was helpful)
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DULF was collecting donations (legal) and buying heroin, cocaine and meth off the dark web (illegal). Once they had the drugs Vancouver Coastal Health worked with them to help rigorously test the drugs and label the drugs (legal), and DULF would sell the drugs at cost to members (illegal).
November 29, 2025 at 12:57 AM
DULF was collecting donations (legal) and buying heroin, cocaine and meth off the dark web (illegal). Once they had the drugs Vancouver Coastal Health worked with them to help rigorously test the drugs and label the drugs (legal), and DULF would sell the drugs at cost to members (illegal).
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This club sold to 47 adult members and it seemed to work. After one year of operation members reported fewer overdoses, incidents with police, hospital visits, crime. There were no deaths.
Having a dedicated source of known potency and purity seemed to help stabilize people.
Having a dedicated source of known potency and purity seemed to help stabilize people.
November 29, 2025 at 12:54 AM
This club sold to 47 adult members and it seemed to work. After one year of operation members reported fewer overdoses, incidents with police, hospital visits, crime. There were no deaths.
Having a dedicated source of known potency and purity seemed to help stabilize people.
Having a dedicated source of known potency and purity seemed to help stabilize people.
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Background: More than 18,600 BCers have been killed by unregulated drugs since 2014. The gov has tried some harm reduction but thousands have still died. DULF decided to break drug laws, which they say were unjust, to provide pure, labelled drugs to high-risk users in a compassion club.
November 29, 2025 at 12:53 AM
Background: More than 18,600 BCers have been killed by unregulated drugs since 2014. The gov has tried some harm reduction but thousands have still died. DULF decided to break drug laws, which they say were unjust, to provide pure, labelled drugs to high-risk users in a compassion club.
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Been covering DULF's constitutional challenge for @thetyee.ca this week. Crown prosecutors have tried to poke lots of small holes in what founders Eris Nyx and Jeremy Kalicum were doing. Nyx and Kalicum have largely defended themselves saying they were doing the best they knew how at the time.
November 29, 2025 at 12:50 AM
Been covering DULF's constitutional challenge for @thetyee.ca this week. Crown prosecutors have tried to poke lots of small holes in what founders Eris Nyx and Jeremy Kalicum were doing. Nyx and Kalicum have largely defended themselves saying they were doing the best they knew how at the time.
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We are repelled by the opium habit not because it is harmful, but the other way around: we regard it as harmful in order to maintain our justification for prohibiting it.
November 26, 2025 at 2:53 PM
We are repelled by the opium habit not because it is harmful, but the other way around: we regard it as harmful in order to maintain our justification for prohibiting it.
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Good morning to Brazilian reporter Manuela Borges, who’s been waiting eleven years for this petty moment. ❤️ 🇧🇷
November 26, 2025 at 1:04 PM
Good morning to Brazilian reporter Manuela Borges, who’s been waiting eleven years for this petty moment. ❤️ 🇧🇷
Donald Trump didn't kill himself.
(Trying to get in early on this one before the rush starts.)
(Trying to get in early on this one before the rush starts.)
November 19, 2025 at 9:45 PM
Donald Trump didn't kill himself.
(Trying to get in early on this one before the rush starts.)
(Trying to get in early on this one before the rush starts.)
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Health Canada convened an independent expert advisory group in 2020 to provide guidance on safer supply. Health Canada heavily redacted its final report, but unredacted version obtained by CBC shows the expert group said drug crisis is driven by prohibition and recommended expansion of safer supply
November 16, 2025 at 11:50 PM
Health Canada convened an independent expert advisory group in 2020 to provide guidance on safer supply. Health Canada heavily redacted its final report, but unredacted version obtained by CBC shows the expert group said drug crisis is driven by prohibition and recommended expansion of safer supply
THE POT POTENCY POEM
They say the weed you're smoking now,
it ain't your mother's grass!
Your weed's mega-potent,
her stuff's all weak-ass.
They say the weed's way stronger now
and you know it must be true,
After all when it comes to weed
they’ll never lie to you!
1/22
They say the weed you're smoking now,
it ain't your mother's grass!
Your weed's mega-potent,
her stuff's all weak-ass.
They say the weed's way stronger now
and you know it must be true,
After all when it comes to weed
they’ll never lie to you!
1/22
November 10, 2025 at 12:35 AM
THE POT POTENCY POEM
They say the weed you're smoking now,
it ain't your mother's grass!
Your weed's mega-potent,
her stuff's all weak-ass.
They say the weed's way stronger now
and you know it must be true,
After all when it comes to weed
they’ll never lie to you!
1/22
They say the weed you're smoking now,
it ain't your mother's grass!
Your weed's mega-potent,
her stuff's all weak-ass.
They say the weed's way stronger now
and you know it must be true,
After all when it comes to weed
they’ll never lie to you!
1/22
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Something those of us in drug law reform have been pointing out, crystallized perfectly in Dr. Michelle Alexander's "The New Jim Crow". So much of the drug war was dress rehearsal for what you're seeing now—suspicionless stop'n'frisk, zip-tied kids, shot dogs, tear gas, flash bangs, testilying cops.
October 28, 2025 at 3:35 AM
Something those of us in drug law reform have been pointing out, crystallized perfectly in Dr. Michelle Alexander's "The New Jim Crow". So much of the drug war was dress rehearsal for what you're seeing now—suspicionless stop'n'frisk, zip-tied kids, shot dogs, tear gas, flash bangs, testilying cops.
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On a new 👁🗨@redeyeradio👁🗨 the BC Centre on Substance Use's Kora DeBeck explains why David Eby's announcement of 100 new involuntary care beds in the province is being broadly criticized by drug policy researchers.
www.listennotes.com/podcasts/red... 🔶
www.listennotes.com/podcasts/red... 🔶
Substance use research scientist questions expansion of involuntary care
00:17:50 - At September’s Union of BC Municipalities convention, Premier David Eby announced that 100 new involuntary care beds would open in the province. The…
www.listennotes.com
October 26, 2025 at 1:58 PM
On a new 👁🗨@redeyeradio👁🗨 the BC Centre on Substance Use's Kora DeBeck explains why David Eby's announcement of 100 new involuntary care beds in the province is being broadly criticized by drug policy researchers.
www.listennotes.com/podcasts/red... 🔶
www.listennotes.com/podcasts/red... 🔶
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I haven’t seen anyone talk about how Jane Doe - an Epstein survivor - just sued the Bank of New York Mellon for funding Epstein and failing to file a Suspicious Activity Report. A Mellon heir is the one who gave $130M to pay the troops. Seems bribey to me.
October 25, 2025 at 5:07 PM
I haven’t seen anyone talk about how Jane Doe - an Epstein survivor - just sued the Bank of New York Mellon for funding Epstein and failing to file a Suspicious Activity Report. A Mellon heir is the one who gave $130M to pay the troops. Seems bribey to me.
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I hear the Epstein Ballroom will be illuminated solely by gaslighting.
October 24, 2025 at 11:27 AM
I hear the Epstein Ballroom will be illuminated solely by gaslighting.