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.

    Despite Court Win, Few Consumption Sites Saved From Ontario Shutdown 

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

    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 ...

    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 ...

    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, ...

    Police “Support” for Harm Reduction in Canada Soon Evaporated

    Amid a policy shift away from harm reduction, senior police officials in Canada have ...

    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 ...

    DULF Unveils Defense Strategy for Compassion-Club Criminal Charges 

    The Drug User Liberation Front (DULF) in Vancouver has outlined its intended defense to ...

    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 ...