Source: BBC News [UK State Media]
“Two Canadians activists who illegally sold untainted hard drugs in an effort to reduce fatal overdoses have launched a legal challenge to federal drug laws. Jeremy Kalicum and Eris Nyx, co-founders of the Drug User Liberation Front (DULF), were charged in June with drug trafficking-related offences by police in Vancouver. They had made headlines two years ago for offering pure cocaine, meth and heroin to drug users, saying they wanted to prevent deaths from a supply tainted with other substances. The court challenge argues current drug laws infringe on the right to life and liberty of users by denying them access to a safer supply and discriminate based on disability, in this case severe addiction. In their announcement, the pair said they sold the illicit drugs to provide ‘regulated alternatives to street drugs’ in British Columbia (BC), where more than 11,000 people have died from overdose since 2019.” (10/15/24)