The drug war, covered by drug users as war correspondents. Crackdown is a monthly podcast about drugs, drug policy and the drug war led by drug user activists and supported by research. Each episode will tell the story of a community fighting for their lives. It’s also about solutions, justice for those we have lost, and saving lives.
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Gesamtlänge aller Episoden: 1 day 4 hours 9 minutes
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Episode 9: Change Intolerance Part 2
Crackdown investigates the relationship between the BC government and Mallinckrodt Pharmaceuticals. Many people on methadone complain that Methadose® "doesn't have legs." Why hasn't the government provided them with a more effective option?
(Rebroadcast) Episode 2: Change Intolerance
We don’t have a full documentary this month - for a pretty good reason.
Episode 8: The Cost of Cereal
Men are dying at a higher rate than women during the opioid crisis, which means women sometimes get left out of the conversation. On Episode 8 of Crackdown, we go to SisterSpace, North America’s first women-only safe consumption site.
Episode 7: Stand Down
The Vancouver Police say they’re for harm reduction, but everyone we talk to in the Downtown Eastside says otherwise. On Episode 7 of Crackdown, Garth asks the cops to stand down.
Episode 6: Room 821
What happens when your options are being kicked out on the street or living in a room filled with mould, trash and rats? Episode 6 of Crackdown looks at how the housing and overdose crises are intertwined, and what happens when tenants fight back.
Bonus: The Palace
This month Crackdown is exploring the pernicious connections between North America's overdose crisis and the housing crisis.
Episode 5: The Portugal Paradox
Garth goes to Portugal to figure out whether the country has found a solution to North America's overdose crisis.
Episode 3: Unsanctioned
Across North America governments are opposing supervised injection sites. In Crackdown's third episode, we tell you how to open one anyway.
Episode 2: Change Intolerance
British Columbia switched nearly 15,000 methadone patients to a new formulation called Methadose in 2014. Garth Mullins, Laura Shaver, and their colleagues at BCAPOM investigate what happened next.