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 Challenge: Health Canada Official Flounders on the Stand

    A senior Canadian bureaucrat struggled on the witness stand to reconcile past statements by ...

    BC Government Doubles Down on Forced Drug Treatment

    The British Columbia government is doubling down on involuntary treatment for people who use ...

    DULF’s Constitutional Challenge to Compassion-Club Charges Begins

    As British Columbia’s overdose crisis escalated in the second half of the 2010s, Jeremy ...

    “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 ...

    Drug-User Groups Fight BC Recriminalization in Court

    Groups representing people who use drugs had their days in court from July 21-23, ...

    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 ...

    BC Involuntary Treatment Taking Place in a Solitary Confinement Unit

    The British Columbia government is moving ahead with involuntary substance use disorder treatment for ...

    Despite Court Win, Few Consumption Sites Saved From Ontario Shutdown 

    Harm reduction advocates in Ontario succeeded in winning a court injunction against a new ...