Dustin Godfrey

Dustin is a freelance journalist based in unceded Coast Salish territories in so-called Vancouver, Canada. They cover issues around drug policy, housing and justice.

Canada Lets Trump’s Trade War Fuel Its Own Drug War

The Canadian government has continued to step up its resourcing of border enforcement in response to tariff-related demands by United…

March 11, 2025

BC Government’s Crackdown on Safe Supply Spreads Fear

British Columbia’s provincial government has ended its take-home safe supply program for new participants, with an intention to transition existing…

February 21, 2025

Police “Support” for Harm Reduction in Canada Soon Evaporated

Amid a policy shift away from harm reduction, senior police officials in Canada have been signalling their approval, though some…

February 18, 2025

Canada’s Supreme Court to Rule On Scope of Good Samaritan OD Law

In September 2020, a truck pulled over in rural Saskatchewan, Canada, to report an overdose. Cheryl Delorme had lost consciousness…

January 14, 2025

DULF Unveils Defense Strategy for Compassion-Club Criminal Charges

The Drug User Liberation Front (DULF) in Vancouver has outlined its intended defense to criminal charges against two of its…

October 17, 2024

Why Alberta’s OD Figures Don’t Make a Case Against Harm Reduction

Canadian opponents of harm reduction have been pointing to recent data from Alberta as proof the province’s treatment-based approach to…

September 27, 2024

BC Government’s Involuntary Drug Treatment Expansion Plan Condemned

The British Columbia government is moving towards a regime of involuntary treatment for people who use drugs who have both…

September 19, 2024

BC Government Keeps On Caving to Anti-Harm Reduction Pressure

British Columbia’s government continues to cede ground on harm reduction, as an emboldened opposition, chasing victory in the province’s October…

September 4, 2024

BC Lawsuit Highlights Harms of Opioid Prescribing Crackdown

A lawsuit in British Columbia details how a regulatory body is allegedly “harassing” doctors into taking pain patients off their…

July 19, 2024

“Let’s Go After This Whole Thing”—DULF Challenges Criminal Charges

Vancouver’s drug-user rights movement is bracing for what could be yet another long legal battle ahead, as the Drug User…

June 20, 2024