Heather Hobbs
@hghobbs.bsky.social
📌 legal fees fundraiser for the Drug Users Liberation Front: www.dulf.ca/dulf-aid-2/
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In which I pay Calgary police $250 for the privilege of seeing them beat me into concussion, for them to decide months later not to hand it over.
Their reason?
The evidence could influence a public body’s opinion of the beating.
drugdatadecoded.ca/calgary-poli...
Their reason?
The evidence could influence a public body’s opinion of the beating.
drugdatadecoded.ca/calgary-poli...
Calgary police withhold evidence of brutality as final UofC protest charges fall
New documents reveal Calgary Police Service suppressed evidence of brutality by officers at the University of Calgary on May 9, 2024. Among this was camera footage from senior officers that should hav...
drugdatadecoded.ca
December 1, 2025 at 4:28 PM
In which I pay Calgary police $250 for the privilege of seeing them beat me into concussion, for them to decide months later not to hand it over.
Their reason?
The evidence could influence a public body’s opinion of the beating.
drugdatadecoded.ca/calgary-poli...
Their reason?
The evidence could influence a public body’s opinion of the beating.
drugdatadecoded.ca/calgary-poli...
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🧵The #HarmReduction movement & NHRC exist because people living with & dying of #AIDS — & others who loved & cared for them — stepped up to take care of each other when the government left them behind. Today, we see heightened attacks on the very programs & services we fought so hard to create to...
December 1, 2025 at 4:44 PM
🧵The #HarmReduction movement & NHRC exist because people living with & dying of #AIDS — & others who loved & cared for them — stepped up to take care of each other when the government left them behind. Today, we see heightened attacks on the very programs & services we fought so hard to create to...
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Today, the HIV Legal Network was joined by people living with HIV and other health experts on Parliament Hill to call for increased leadership and commitment from all levels of government to end the HIV epidemic in this country.
www.hivlegalnetwork.ca/site/hiv-leg...
www.hivlegalnetwork.ca/site/hiv-leg...
November 27, 2025 at 8:25 PM
Today, the HIV Legal Network was joined by people living with HIV and other health experts on Parliament Hill to call for increased leadership and commitment from all levels of government to end the HIV epidemic in this country.
www.hivlegalnetwork.ca/site/hiv-leg...
www.hivlegalnetwork.ca/site/hiv-leg...
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On #WorldAIDSDay, the message is simple:
Fund advocacy. End criminalisation. Defend community power.
@UNAIDS’ World AIDS Day report makes the situation clear: the global HIV response is entering its most dangerous period in two decades. A sudden collapse in donor funding has devastated services.
Fund advocacy. End criminalisation. Defend community power.
@UNAIDS’ World AIDS Day report makes the situation clear: the global HIV response is entering its most dangerous period in two decades. A sudden collapse in donor funding has devastated services.
December 1, 2025 at 4:00 PM
On #WorldAIDSDay, the message is simple:
Fund advocacy. End criminalisation. Defend community power.
@UNAIDS’ World AIDS Day report makes the situation clear: the global HIV response is entering its most dangerous period in two decades. A sudden collapse in donor funding has devastated services.
Fund advocacy. End criminalisation. Defend community power.
@UNAIDS’ World AIDS Day report makes the situation clear: the global HIV response is entering its most dangerous period in two decades. A sudden collapse in donor funding has devastated services.
You know who is NOT overdosing on Vancouver Island? People with access to prescribed alternatives.
@vanislandhealth.bsky.social @josieosborne.bsky.social
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@vanislandhealth.bsky.social @josieosborne.bsky.social
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Health minister asks Island Health to look at spike in overdoses in Duncan
There are also reports that a shelter ran out of the overdose-reversing drug naloxone.
www.timescolonist.com
November 28, 2025 at 5:49 PM
You know who is NOT overdosing on Vancouver Island? People with access to prescribed alternatives.
@vanislandhealth.bsky.social @josieosborne.bsky.social
www.timescolonist.com/local-news/h...
@vanislandhealth.bsky.social @josieosborne.bsky.social
www.timescolonist.com/local-news/h...
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We Refuse: Health Workers Against Involuntary Care is now public.
@hrna.bsky.social and DSDP are circulating a joint statement opposing BC’s plan to expand involuntary drug treatment. This approach is ineffective, increases overdose risk, violates autonomy, and harms marginalized communities.
@hrna.bsky.social and DSDP are circulating a joint statement opposing BC’s plan to expand involuntary drug treatment. This approach is ineffective, increases overdose risk, violates autonomy, and harms marginalized communities.
November 26, 2025 at 11:28 PM
We Refuse: Health Workers Against Involuntary Care is now public.
@hrna.bsky.social and DSDP are circulating a joint statement opposing BC’s plan to expand involuntary drug treatment. This approach is ineffective, increases overdose risk, violates autonomy, and harms marginalized communities.
@hrna.bsky.social and DSDP are circulating a joint statement opposing BC’s plan to expand involuntary drug treatment. This approach is ineffective, increases overdose risk, violates autonomy, and harms marginalized communities.
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You wouldn’t believe the lengths @kehyslop.bsky.social had to go to to get basic info on the training for school liaison officers. This contoversial VPD program was briefly shuttered in 2021 before being reinstated in 2023. #vanpoli thetyee.ca/News/2025/11...
We Finally Have Some Info on School Liaison Officer Training | The Tyee
After two years of FOI requests and complaints, the Vancouver police finally let The Tyee review some training modules.
thetyee.ca
November 25, 2025 at 3:00 PM
You wouldn’t believe the lengths @kehyslop.bsky.social had to go to to get basic info on the training for school liaison officers. This contoversial VPD program was briefly shuttered in 2021 before being reinstated in 2023. #vanpoli thetyee.ca/News/2025/11...
The contrast between @davidebybc.bsky.social's cowardly comments and Jeremy's principled actions are stunning.
DULF saved lives.
#NoMoreDrugWar #CdnPoli
DULF saved lives.
#NoMoreDrugWar #CdnPoli
Canada’s drug laws are facing a constitutional challenge from the founders of a Vancouver compassion club.
In trying to beat back a wave of toxic street drugs, "You feel lost and powerless, because you are," Jeremy Kalicum testified.
pressprogress.ca/drug-laws-fa...
In trying to beat back a wave of toxic street drugs, "You feel lost and powerless, because you are," Jeremy Kalicum testified.
pressprogress.ca/drug-laws-fa...
Canada’s Drug Laws Face Challenge from Founders of Vancouver Compassion Club
'You feel lost and powerless, because you are,' Drug User Liberation Front co-founder testifies on day one of weeks-long hearing
pressprogress.ca
November 25, 2025 at 9:31 PM
The contrast between @davidebybc.bsky.social's cowardly comments and Jeremy's principled actions are stunning.
DULF saved lives.
#NoMoreDrugWar #CdnPoli
DULF saved lives.
#NoMoreDrugWar #CdnPoli
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Today is National Housing Day, for whatever that's worth.
What does housing as a human right actually mean in a housing crisis that is only getting worse? 🏘️
BC Cities Declared Housing Is a Human Right. Now What? | The Tyee
Some municipalities are still voting against policies that could help end homelessness. Here’s a better way forward.
thetyee.ca
November 22, 2025 at 2:40 PM
Today is National Housing Day, for whatever that's worth.
Vancouver Island drawing more international attention for deadly public policy.
#CdnPoli
@vanislandhealth.bsky.social
#CdnPoli
@vanislandhealth.bsky.social
and right after they cleared an encampment without doing anything to provide for the people who were displaced....
80 toxic drug OVERDOSES occurred within 24 hours with one shelter running out of naloxone.
This is why harm reduction services are vital in saving lives, and anyone who says otherwise is lying.
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This is why harm reduction services are vital in saving lives, and anyone who says otherwise is lying.
x.com/CHEK_News/st...
November 22, 2025 at 6:09 PM
Vancouver Island drawing more international attention for deadly public policy.
#CdnPoli
@vanislandhealth.bsky.social
#CdnPoli
@vanislandhealth.bsky.social
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Eye on the ball folks — DULF Charter challenge begins in four days.
Legal fund still needs your help: www.zeffy.com/en-CA/donati...
Legal fund still needs your help: www.zeffy.com/en-CA/donati...
November 21, 2025 at 12:46 AM
Eye on the ball folks — DULF Charter challenge begins in four days.
Legal fund still needs your help: www.zeffy.com/en-CA/donati...
Legal fund still needs your help: www.zeffy.com/en-CA/donati...
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"Drugs are not forbidden because they are dangerous, they are dangerous because they are forbidden,” said Peter Krykant, who "hit the global harm reduction scene with a bang," running an unauthorized overdose prevention site from a van in Glasgow.
People who knew and worked with him pay tribute:
People who knew and worked with him pay tribute:
Remembering Peter Krykant, Who Knew Harm Reduction Couldn’t Wait
It’s been a few months since Peter Krykant’s passing in July, at the age of 48. He hit the global ...
filtermag.org
November 20, 2025 at 3:01 PM
"Drugs are not forbidden because they are dangerous, they are dangerous because they are forbidden,” said Peter Krykant, who "hit the global harm reduction scene with a bang," running an unauthorized overdose prevention site from a van in Glasgow.
People who knew and worked with him pay tribute:
People who knew and worked with him pay tribute:
Reposted by Heather Hobbs
Alberta just introduced Bill 9, which exists for one and only one purpose: deleting the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms as it pertains to trans kids, denying them the right to life and stripping their healthcare away.
This is cruel, anti-democratic and anti-constitutional.
This is cruel, anti-democratic and anti-constitutional.
November 18, 2025 at 10:09 PM
Alberta just introduced Bill 9, which exists for one and only one purpose: deleting the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms as it pertains to trans kids, denying them the right to life and stripping their healthcare away.
This is cruel, anti-democratic and anti-constitutional.
This is cruel, anti-democratic and anti-constitutional.
Reposted by Heather Hobbs
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
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DULF co-founders Eris Nyx and Jeremy Kalicum were found guilty of possession with the intent to traffic this morning for meth, heroin and cocaine.
My full story on @thetyee.ca
thetyee.ca/News/2025/11...
My full story on @thetyee.ca
thetyee.ca/News/2025/11...
DULF Founders Guilty of Drug Trafficking | The Tyee
Eris Nyx and Jeremy Kalicum didn’t have permission to sell tested drugs despite good intentions, court finds.
thetyee.ca
November 7, 2025 at 11:01 PM
DULF co-founders Eris Nyx and Jeremy Kalicum were found guilty of possession with the intent to traffic this morning for meth, heroin and cocaine.
My full story on @thetyee.ca
thetyee.ca/News/2025/11...
My full story on @thetyee.ca
thetyee.ca/News/2025/11...
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There is no political cost for our deaths. The mountain of corpses has led to no government falling, no minister resigning, no cabinet shuffle, no high-ass muckedy-muck getting sacked, not even a junior official suspended. Nothing.
November 7, 2025 at 9:08 PM
There is no political cost for our deaths. The mountain of corpses has led to no government falling, no minister resigning, no cabinet shuffle, no high-ass muckedy-muck getting sacked, not even a junior official suspended. Nothing.
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📣 DULF found guilty for life-saving compassion club 📣
But WAIT! Not so fast…
drugdatadecoded.ca/court-finds-...
But WAIT! Not so fast…
drugdatadecoded.ca/court-finds-...
Court finds DULF guilty for compassion club "heralded as success"
Convictions are on hold as the compassion club founders prepare for a Charter challenge to begin on November 24.
drugdatadecoded.ca
November 7, 2025 at 8:45 PM
📣 DULF found guilty for life-saving compassion club 📣
But WAIT! Not so fast…
drugdatadecoded.ca/court-finds-...
But WAIT! Not so fast…
drugdatadecoded.ca/court-finds-...
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BREAKING: DULF organizers found guilty of trafficking. More to come w/ @tsk.bsky.social in the courtroom today.
Legal fund linked below ⬇️ please give what you can. This is just getting started.
Legal fund linked below ⬇️ please give what you can. This is just getting started.
Huge decision this Friday from the BC Supreme Court on whether the DULF compassion club organizers, Jeremy Kalicum and Eris Nyx, walk free. 1/
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drugdatadecoded.ca/everyone-kne...
"Everyone knew what was happening," judge admonishes Crown as DULF awaits trafficking verdict
Justice Catherine Murray closed the trial with remarks that showed sympathy for the accused and noted the confusing behaviour of Health Canada, the Vancouver police and all other political entities du...
drugdatadecoded.ca
November 7, 2025 at 5:57 PM
BREAKING: DULF organizers found guilty of trafficking. More to come w/ @tsk.bsky.social in the courtroom today.
Legal fund linked below ⬇️ please give what you can. This is just getting started.
Legal fund linked below ⬇️ please give what you can. This is just getting started.
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THEN GIVE THEM HEROIN
Thompson: "There's a lot to agree with in the motion; completely agree with the harmfulness of the drugs."
Service providers "long for the days when it was just heroin." Also agree that there are dealers preying on the vulnerable. Viability of dt businesses are priority too. That being said...
Service providers "long for the days when it was just heroin." Also agree that there are dealers preying on the vulnerable. Viability of dt businesses are priority too. That being said...
November 6, 2025 at 5:29 PM
THEN GIVE THEM HEROIN
Larkin added..."Political messaging influences public opinion and then public opinion influences policy. And that is why we’re seeing steps away from evidence-based policy.”
#cdnpoli
#cdnpoli
“People who are getting clicks and likes online and [we have] a reactive government that is responding to the moral panic to avoid getting voted out … so we have policymakers with extremely liberal backgrounds doing extremely conservative things to retain their position of power,” Ranger said.
“Politicians need to do better, and this case is really, really clear on that.”
Harm reductionists explain a key victory, as a Supreme Court of Canada ruling affirms protection from possession arrests for people at an OD scene.
@maddidellplain.bsky.social reports:
Harm reductionists explain a key victory, as a Supreme Court of Canada ruling affirms protection from possession arrests for people at an OD scene.
@maddidellplain.bsky.social reports:
November 6, 2025 at 6:47 PM
Larkin added..."Political messaging influences public opinion and then public opinion influences policy. And that is why we’re seeing steps away from evidence-based policy.”
#cdnpoli
#cdnpoli
"Herriot...stressed the importance of regulation and expanding safer supply as interventions to make substances on the market safer..."
@vanislandhealth.bsky.social @josieosborne.bsky.social
@victoria.ca
@vanislandhealth.bsky.social @josieosborne.bsky.social
@victoria.ca
martlet.ca/potent-synth...
"Government intervention in medical decision-making has limited access to pharmaceutical-grade opioid tablets, [so] 'It’s not surprising that people are going to seek those tablets elsewhere.'"
"Government intervention in medical decision-making has limited access to pharmaceutical-grade opioid tablets, [so] 'It’s not surprising that people are going to seek those tablets elsewhere.'"
Potent synthetic opioid in counterfeit pills across Greater Victoria
Nitazene, estimated to be between 5 and 8 times stronger than fentanyl, has begun appearing in counterfeit prescription pills across the city
martlet.ca
November 6, 2025 at 5:27 PM
"Herriot...stressed the importance of regulation and expanding safer supply as interventions to make substances on the market safer..."
@vanislandhealth.bsky.social @josieosborne.bsky.social
@victoria.ca
@vanislandhealth.bsky.social @josieosborne.bsky.social
@victoria.ca
Waiting for my vaccines at a suburban pharmacy and someone just approached the pharmacists to get their daily juice ... with full-sized chocolate bars and friendly greetings for all the staff. The staff clearly love this person and now I do too.
#HarmReductionSavesLives
#HarmReductionSavesLives
November 5, 2025 at 6:14 PM
Waiting for my vaccines at a suburban pharmacy and someone just approached the pharmacists to get their daily juice ... with full-sized chocolate bars and friendly greetings for all the staff. The staff clearly love this person and now I do too.
#HarmReductionSavesLives
#HarmReductionSavesLives
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$22k for the VicPD to have a party. Is this why they’re asking for another $11M next year? More party money? We demand better! #DefundVicPD #yyj
VicPD held a party for their outgoing and incoming chiefs this summer at Government House. They talked repeatedly about how much work it was, and the event seemed strange, so I FOI'd the costs. They spent $22,015 in public money on this event. 🧵 www.needsmorespikes.com/blog/vicpd-p... #yyj #cdnfoi
VicPD parties at Government House for $22,000 — Needs More Spikes
This summer, VicPD used its bottomless budget to throw a party for their outgoing and incoming chiefs. Via FOI, we now know that event cost $22,015.
www.needsmorespikes.com
October 29, 2025 at 3:52 AM
$22k for the VicPD to have a party. Is this why they’re asking for another $11M next year? More party money? We demand better! #DefundVicPD #yyj
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#YYJ #Saanich
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#YYJ #Saanich
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October 28, 2025 at 2:44 AM
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#YYJ #Saanich
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#YYJ #Saanich
Reposted by Heather Hobbs
If Eris Nyx and Jeremy Kalicum, founders of the Drug User Liberation Front, are found guilty, they plan to appeal the decision and hope that there is an outpouring of public support. “After all, who can be against saving lives?”
On Trial for a Radical Approach to Reducing Drug Overdoses in British Columbia
The Vancouver duo behind the Drug User Liberation Front faces 40 years behind bars for drug trafficking. But this is no ordinary case.
www.thenation.com
October 27, 2025 at 8:15 PM
If Eris Nyx and Jeremy Kalicum, founders of the Drug User Liberation Front, are found guilty, they plan to appeal the decision and hope that there is an outpouring of public support. “After all, who can be against saving lives?”