Heather Hobbs
@hghobbs.bsky.social
📌 legal fees fundraiser for the Drug Users Liberation Front: www.dulf.ca/dulf-aid-2/
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After seven months, seven #FOI requests and two Office of the Information and Privacy Commissioner complaints, The Tyee is no closer to a strong understanding of how many people are surviving overdoses as patients in B.C. hospitals.
@michellegamage.bsky.social reports. #bcpoli #ToxicDrugCrisis
@michellegamage.bsky.social reports. #bcpoli #ToxicDrugCrisis
How Many People Are Overdosing at BC’s Hospitals? | The Tyee
That data is key to knowing where supervised consumption sites are needed. The government won’t release it.
thetyee.ca
February 17, 2026 at 4:28 PM
After seven months, seven #FOI requests and two Office of the Information and Privacy Commissioner complaints, The Tyee is no closer to a strong understanding of how many people are surviving overdoses as patients in B.C. hospitals.
@michellegamage.bsky.social reports. #bcpoli #ToxicDrugCrisis
@michellegamage.bsky.social reports. #bcpoli #ToxicDrugCrisis
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We want to extend a heartfelt thank you to the whole team at @crackdownpod.bsky.social for including us on this journey and in particular @alexdeboer.bsky.social. This episode was so well produced. Crackdown is the beating heart of our community and they need your help.
February 12, 2026 at 11:06 PM
We want to extend a heartfelt thank you to the whole team at @crackdownpod.bsky.social for including us on this journey and in particular @alexdeboer.bsky.social. This episode was so well produced. Crackdown is the beating heart of our community and they need your help.
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"Accessing safer supply supported their adherence to HIV medications," said Andrew Ivsins, a researcher with the BC Centre on Substance Use. "It’s a really important relationship."
In British Columbia, Drug Policy Rollbacks Are Limiting HIV Care - Filter
Harley Ransom began practicing harm reduction in southeastern Ontario in the late 1980s, when he was 6 years old. His ...
filtermag.org
February 10, 2026 at 4:48 PM
"Accessing safer supply supported their adherence to HIV medications," said Andrew Ivsins, a researcher with the BC Centre on Substance Use. "It’s a really important relationship."
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B.C. cancelled its drug decriminalization pilot, saying it hadn’t “delivered the results” they wanted.
Its results: fewer drug users arrested and traumatized by cops.
@desmondcole.bsky.social explains that when governments cave to moral panic, we lose good policies. breachmedia.ca/decriminaliz...
Its results: fewer drug users arrested and traumatized by cops.
@desmondcole.bsky.social explains that when governments cave to moral panic, we lose good policies. breachmedia.ca/decriminaliz...
Decriminalization worked. B.C. killed it anyway ⋆ The Breach
The province’s drug decriminalization experiment lowered arrests and reduced harm—but it failed a different political test
breachmedia.ca
February 9, 2026 at 5:38 PM
B.C. cancelled its drug decriminalization pilot, saying it hadn’t “delivered the results” they wanted.
Its results: fewer drug users arrested and traumatized by cops.
@desmondcole.bsky.social explains that when governments cave to moral panic, we lose good policies. breachmedia.ca/decriminaliz...
Its results: fewer drug users arrested and traumatized by cops.
@desmondcole.bsky.social explains that when governments cave to moral panic, we lose good policies. breachmedia.ca/decriminaliz...
Prescribed #SafeSupply is hanging by a thread in BC but AVI Health & Community Services is still doing their best, providing access to harm reduction workers & walking the talk on "meaningful inclusion." This work will be featured at @cpha-acsp.bsky.social's #ph26sp
www.catie.ca/programming-...
www.catie.ca/programming-...
February 3, 2026 at 12:58 AM
Prescribed #SafeSupply is hanging by a thread in BC but AVI Health & Community Services is still doing their best, providing access to harm reduction workers & walking the talk on "meaningful inclusion." This work will be featured at @cpha-acsp.bsky.social's #ph26sp
www.catie.ca/programming-...
www.catie.ca/programming-...
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How do you create a regulatory pathway so Canada can implement a non-medical model of safer supply to save lives in the middle of a public health crisis?
Not even the guy who was No. 2 at Health Canada could think of a way. The fed gov makes drug laws, and can’t think of a way to get around them.
Not even the guy who was No. 2 at Health Canada could think of a way. The fed gov makes drug laws, and can’t think of a way to get around them.
Health Canada’s witness in the Drug User Liberation Front’s judicial review trial frustrated the judge and highlighted how opaque and frustrating Canadian drug policy can be.
@michellegamage.bsky.social reports. #bcpoli #DULF
@michellegamage.bsky.social reports. #bcpoli #DULF
‘Very Little Value’: Judge Frustrated by Health Canada at DULF Trial | The Tyee
Justice Catherine Murray said witness Eric Costen appeared to be ‘guessing’ in his responses on the stand.
thetyee.ca
January 28, 2026 at 6:00 PM
How do you create a regulatory pathway so Canada can implement a non-medical model of safer supply to save lives in the middle of a public health crisis?
Not even the guy who was No. 2 at Health Canada could think of a way. The fed gov makes drug laws, and can’t think of a way to get around them.
Not even the guy who was No. 2 at Health Canada could think of a way. The fed gov makes drug laws, and can’t think of a way to get around them.
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“Did you do anything to refresh your memory in order to testify meaningfully today?” asked the judge.
At a hearing re DULF's constitutional challenge, a senior Health Canada official struggled to reconcile government claims with past statements on safe supply, reports @godfrey.bsky.social:
At a hearing re DULF's constitutional challenge, a senior Health Canada official struggled to reconcile government claims with past statements on safe supply, reports @godfrey.bsky.social:
DULF Challenge: Health Canada Official Flounders on the Stand - Filter
A senior Canadian bureaucrat struggled on the witness stand to reconcile past statements by the federal government with its claim ...
filtermag.org
January 29, 2026 at 3:45 PM
“Did you do anything to refresh your memory in order to testify meaningfully today?” asked the judge.
At a hearing re DULF's constitutional challenge, a senior Health Canada official struggled to reconcile government claims with past statements on safe supply, reports @godfrey.bsky.social:
At a hearing re DULF's constitutional challenge, a senior Health Canada official struggled to reconcile government claims with past statements on safe supply, reports @godfrey.bsky.social:
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Ending the year on a good note at @breachmedia.ca:
15 political movement victories in 2025 you may not have heard about but should definitely celebrate, by @scottneigh.bsky.social
breachmedia.ca/15-movement-...
15 political movement victories in 2025 you may not have heard about but should definitely celebrate, by @scottneigh.bsky.social
breachmedia.ca/15-movement-...
15 movement victories in 2025 you may not have heard about ⋆ The Breach
From recognition of a Palestinian state, to tenant strikes, to a Youth Climate Corps, here are some of the political achievements of the past year
breachmedia.ca
December 12, 2025 at 5:46 PM
Ending the year on a good note at @breachmedia.ca:
15 political movement victories in 2025 you may not have heard about but should definitely celebrate, by @scottneigh.bsky.social
breachmedia.ca/15-movement-...
15 political movement victories in 2025 you may not have heard about but should definitely celebrate, by @scottneigh.bsky.social
breachmedia.ca/15-movement-...
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Last week, BC NDP Premier Eby made misleading claims about Sublocade.
A decade into BC's toxic drug emergency, there is a heightened risk when government leaders promote this type of disinformation. It should not be acceptable.
Read in more detail: themainlander.com/2025/12/10/v...
A decade into BC's toxic drug emergency, there is a heightened risk when government leaders promote this type of disinformation. It should not be acceptable.
Read in more detail: themainlander.com/2025/12/10/v...
Premier Eby hazardously misrepresents Sublocade while endorsing forced treatment of youth
Extended release buprenorphine is not
themainlander.com
December 10, 2025 at 3:54 PM
Last week, BC NDP Premier Eby made misleading claims about Sublocade.
A decade into BC's toxic drug emergency, there is a heightened risk when government leaders promote this type of disinformation. It should not be acceptable.
Read in more detail: themainlander.com/2025/12/10/v...
A decade into BC's toxic drug emergency, there is a heightened risk when government leaders promote this type of disinformation. It should not be acceptable.
Read in more detail: themainlander.com/2025/12/10/v...
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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...
Reposted by Heather Hobbs
🧵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...
Reposted by Heather Hobbs
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
www.timescolonist.com/local-news/h...
@vanislandhealth.bsky.social @josieosborne.bsky.social
www.timescolonist.com/local-news/h...
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.
x.com/CHEK_News/st...
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...
Reposted by Heather Hobbs
"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
Reposted by Heather Hobbs
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...
Reposted by Heather Hobbs
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.