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.

DULF’s Constitutional Challenge to Compassion-Club Charges Begins

As British Columbia’s overdose crisis escalated in the second half of the 2010s, Jeremy Kalicum was getting his first experience…

November 25, 2025

“Hung Out to Dry”—DULF Pair Convicted But Plan Challenge

“DULF’s pilot project worked,” a Supreme Court of British Columbia judge stated on November 7, referring to the compassion club…

November 10, 2025

Drug-User Groups Fight BC Recriminalization in Court

Groups representing people who use drugs had their days in court from July 21-23, seeking to overturn a federal government…

July 29, 2025

How New MP Aaron Gunn Helped Turn Canada Against Harm Reduction

As Canada’s parliament gets into motion following the spring federal election, it has one new member who has played a…

June 11, 2025

BC Involuntary Treatment Taking Place in a Solitary Confinement Unit

The British Columbia government is moving ahead with involuntary substance use disorder treatment for people held at a pretrial detention…

May 16, 2025

Canada’s Election Guarantees Grim Outlook for Harm Reduction

As Canadians head to the polls in the coming days, they will be faced with few options to increase access…

April 25, 2025

BC Enters 10th Year of Overdose Crisis, as It Shutters Harm Reduction Policies

As people gathered in Vancouver’s Victory Square on April 14 to mark nine years since British Columbia declared the overdose…

April 16, 2025

Despite Court Win, Few Consumption Sites Saved From Ontario Shutdown

Harm reduction advocates in Ontario succeeded in winning a court injunction against a new provincial law barring supervised consumption sites…

April 3, 2025

Last-Ditch Court Bid Aims to Block Ontario Consumption Sites Shutdown

People who use drugs and a service provider are fighting legislation enacted by the Ontario provincial government which, if implemented,…

March 24, 2025

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