Me: an “experiment”? so the government is not even trying

Drug policy academics: ooh we’ll do science research and publish terrible articles. Will there be grants

Government: oh yes

Academics: yay and you’ll make polices based on the Evidence we produce

Government: lol
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hmm almost like decrim was never actually decrim to begin w and ended up being a mechanism of social control and control of public space — especially for those who are already deemed “undesirable” aka houseless folks

if anything so-called “decrim” created more laws criminalizing drug use

this brings me so much joy 🥹 all my solidarity to the ‘no mild food’ movement across punjabi restos

the interesting thing about the focus on “extortion” atm is that it places high earning business owners as “victims” but the ongoing exploitation of im/migrants and ‘temporary foreign workers’ these same businesses (and beyond) engage in goes unchecked

i hate being in academia because it rly does force me to change the language i think and speak in. like just lemme speak in my surrey jack accent and verbiage n shit fkn rights

the discussion around the expansion of involuntarily treatment in so called ‘bc’ is weakened by perspectives which only centre its expansion and not the totality of disappearing disabled Mad ppl — it is this category which expands but is often neglected in these “liberation” discourses

anyways everyone needs to watch heated rivalry

hollanov 4 ever ❤️‍🔥🏒

im predicting the bc extortion task force will also be used to quell dissent along with delegating ICE-esque activity

bc minister of public safety and solicitor general praising police for taking shoes and warm clothing items from people, esp when it’s so cold outside. safety for who exactly???

bruh cbc passive voice is so tryhard lol

“bystander dies after collision with surrey bc police bullet

officials say collision occurred while bullet was leaving police gun “

current ‘surrey first’ city councillor and mayoral candidate linda annis is the executive director of metro vancouver crime stoppers which adds up w her desire for increasing the police state within surrey bc