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Dana Larsen @danalarsen.bsky.social · 15m

I support PETE FRY for Mayor, and a Green + COPE slate of candidates in the Vancouver election. • Sean Orr • Stephanie Smith • Chloe Leslie • Camil Dumont • Devyani Singh • Bridget Burns • Solomon Yi-Kieran • Annette Reilly

<photo of Pete Fry with an adorable cat.>
Let's elect Pete Fry as Mayor of Vancouver.
Pete Fry, he's our guy! Vote October 17.

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Dana Larsen @danalarsen.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

This is so wonderful! BC Supreme Court says "Drug User Liberation Front" founders who provided clean drugs to users "should be very proud" of their work, rules that CONTROLLED DRUGS AND SUBSTANCES ACT IS UNCONSTITUTIONAL! This is a massive step forward. Together we will end the drug war.

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Through the Drug User Liberation Front, Nyx and Kalicum had provided tested methamphetamine, cocaine and heroin to DULF members at cost. The idea was to allow people with substance use disorders to understand the makeup of the drugs they were taking to avoid overdose and death.

“You selflessly put yourselves to the side for this cause and that’s something most people wouldn’t do. For that I applaud you. You should be very proud of yourselves,” Murray said, directly addressing the pair in court as she delivered her judgment.

Murray has declared Section 5(2) of the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act unconstitutional and given Ottawa six months to bring the legislation in line with the Charter of Rights and Freedoms.

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Dana Larsen @danalarsen.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Your reminder that when cops keep making "the biggest drug bust ever" that is a sign of failure. All this shows is that bigger shipments are being sent. If cops were winning their stupid drug war , then drug seizures would get smaller and eventually go away. www.ctvnews.ca/vancouver/ar...

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Vancouver police make largest-ever cocaine seizure totalling 328 kilograms

Police in Vancouver say they’ve made the largest single seizure of cocaine in the history of the force, totalling more than 328 kilograms.

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Euan Thomson @drugdatadecoded.ca · 21/09/2026

6. 2025: Ralph Kaisers, Vancouver police association head, tries to run in Sim's party in byelection, loses badly. 7. Last week: Vancouver police seem to realize they and Sim need to get some distance, and decide not to endorse anyone for mayor. 8. Good luck Ken Sim! www.ctvnews.ca/vancouver/ar...

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Vancouver Police Union won’t endorse a mayoral candidate this municipal election

The Vancouver Police Union says it won’t be endorsing a mayoral candidate in this year’s municipal election.

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Euan Thomson @drugdatadecoded.ca · 21/09/2026

5. 2025-26: Other police associations realize they can make endorsements as well, and start doing so. The idea spreads to Calgary and then to Toronto (today). www.cbc.ca/news/canada/... www.thestar.com/news/gta/how...

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Police union endorses Sonya Sharp for mayor, Communities First party in 'rare' move | CBC News

The Calgary Police Association has endorsed Sonya Sharp and Communities First candidates on behalf of its approximately 2,300 members — breaking from a decade-long practice of staying out of local pol...

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Euan Thomson @drugdatadecoded.ca · 21/09/2026

3. Ken Sim wins the Vancouver election on a promise to hire 200 cops, at a pivotal moment for policing: BC was three months out from the country's first drug decriminalization pilot. 4. Vancouver police sabotage decrim pilot, increasing drug confiscations. vancouver.citynews.ca/2026/09/09/s...

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Police drug seizures increased during first year of decriminalization, SFU study finds

A study released Wednesday by Simon Fraser University (SFU) found that police drug seizures increased during the first year of British Columbia's drug decriminalization pilot project.

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Euan Thomson @drugdatadecoded.ca · 21/09/2026

🧵 Short timeline of political endorsements by police 1. 2022: Vancouver police drive moral panic on stranger attacks, though their data showed steep decline. 2. Oct 2022: Ken Sim gets first-ever endorsement from head of Vancouver police association, Ralph Kaisers. www.ctvnews.ca/vancouver/ar...

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‘Fear and anxiety’: The untold story of the Vancouver Police Department’s stranger assault scare

Internal emails obtained through Freedom of Information requests shed light on the Vancouver Police Department's media strategy related to stranger assaults ahead of the city's 2022 election.

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Dana Larsen @danalarsen.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Our free street drug analysis centres are back! With two locations in Vancouver and worldwide by mail. Get Your Drugs Tested! getyourdrugstested.com

Dana Larsen next to street sign for Get Your Drugs Tested.

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Dana Larsen @danalarsen.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

I wrote this article in 2022, back when we had only analyzed 23,000 samples. It still holds up but could use an update. I expect we will hit the magic 100,000 samples analyzed early next year. web.archive.org/web/20220225...

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5 Wild Things I Learned Analyzing 23,000 Illegal Drugs

They're dirtier and more potent than if we legalized them.

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Dana Larsen @danalarsen.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

In 2019 I founded a free service called Get Your Drugs Tested. We use spectrometers & test strips to let users know what's in their drugs. We've analyzed 90,000+ samples brought in person & by mail. We closed in Dec 2025 to reorganize. Now we're open again! getyourdrugstested.com/test-results...

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Test Results Archive - Get Your Drugs Tested

The FTIR has a detection limit of approximately 5%. Substances below this level may not appear in results — even if they are toxic or affect the potency of

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Dana Larsen @danalarsen.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

I do not like these new vertical style bills.

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Euan Thomson @drugdatadecoded.ca · 03/09/2026

This is a devastating interview describing the last hours of Calgary’s supervised consumption site and the aftermath of the UCP government shutting it down. www.cbc.ca/listen/cbc-p....

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SEAN ORR @seanorr.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

This was the right thing to do. Stephanie Allen is truly amazing and we could not have asked for a better Mayoral candidate for COPE. We were truly blessed to have her agree to run for Mayor for us, and she did so without ego knowing that the decision today is one that she might have had to make.

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Dana Larsen @danalarsen.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

This is the right decision. Now let's defeat Sim and put in Pete Fry for Mayor of Vancouver!

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Dana Larsen @danalarsen.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

This is the right decision. Thank you COPE and Stephanie Allen for putting Vancouver first. I really want to see Pete Fry as our next Mayor.

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Dana Larsen @danalarsen.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

Get Your Drugs Tested has re-opened for mail-in samples and will be re-opening for walk in drug analysis at the end of August. getyourdrugstested.com

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Home - Get Your Drugs Tested

Or just drop by 651 E Hastings to say hello!

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Dana Larsen @danalarsen.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

Cannabis is not actually stronger than it used to be. In some ways, it's actually weaker.

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Dana Larsen @danalarsen.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

Great research and reporting here. Health Canada has always been an enemy of sensible drug laws. It's good to see them being called out like this.

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Dana Larsen @danalarsen.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

If all the world's alcoholics became stoners instead I think the world would be a nicer place for everyone.

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Diamond Life @diamondlifeca.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

Operation Orange Chicken

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Elaine Hyshka @ehyshka.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

For people in #yeg, an event to mark International Overdose Awareness Day will be held on Monday August 31 from 6:30 to after sunset at Victoria Park Site 1, 2, and 3.

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gay dog @theygay.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

remarkable how many anti-weed PSAs i saw as a kid and how zero anti-drinking PSAs i saw

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Medicinal Colorado @medicolorado.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

www.9news.com/article/news... CU Boulder researcher warns of untested toxins in cannabis, calls for expanded safety measures. "One of those Fusarium mycotoxins is called Vomitoxin because when it's eaten it makes people throw up,"

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Dana Larsen @danalarsen.bsky.social · 25/07/2026

We also didn't see any FIFA boost at our mushroom shops. Sales even slightly down. I thought tourists would want to sample local quasi-legal psychedelics. Music festivals however are good for us.

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Dana Larsen @danalarsen.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

Been working hard on this website. Keep up to date on all the drug war news. * Drug cartels mute Mexican soccer celebrations. * Corrupt Toronto cops set up weed dispensaries. * DEA's kratom crackdown. * Afghan opium collapse causes synthetic drug boom. DRUG WAR REPORT drugwarreport.com

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Drug War Report

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Dana Larsen @danalarsen.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

Keep up to date with the latest in drug war news. * Over 200 have been killed in US attacks on Caribbean boats. * Top drugs in Afghanistan? K and Zeegap. * Psychedelics on view at Royal Ontario Museum. * Philippine's Duterte on trial for drug war atrocities. DRUG WAR REPORT drugwarreport.com

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Drug War Report

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Prohibition Blunder @prohibitionblund1.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

Believe it or not, there’s something much worse than the failures of Drug Prohibition: Its successes. Visit www.ProhibitionBlunder.org to see how you can be a vital help in stopping this madness. #DrugProhibition #ProhibitionBlunder #EndTheWarOnDrugs

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Prohibition's Worst Failures? Its Successes

YouTube video by Prohibition Blunder

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Dana Larsen @danalarsen.bsky.social · 04/07/2026

This is really messed up. www.readthemaple.com/rcmp-can-apply-israels-gaza-tactics-to-canadian-policing-briefing/

Headline: RCMP Can Apply Israel’s Gaza Tactics To Canadian Policing: Briefing
The RCMP can apply the lessons it learned at an Israeli military seminar last year to “Canadian law enforcement contexts.”

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Dana Larsen @danalarsen.bsky.social · 27/06/2026

As a lifetime cannabis user, dealer and connoisseur, I would much rather smoke some of this 70s bud than the typical weed available today.

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Euan Thomson @drugdatadecoded.ca · 26/06/2026

NEW Alberta model to destroy harm reduction goes national. Part 1 showed how the provincial government got behind it. Part 2 showed how the cops got behind it. Part 3 is all about the money. And we’re talking tens of millions, in a province of 1 million. drugdatadecoded.ca/out-in-the-c...

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Out in the Cold, Part 3: Atlantic Community Shelters Society handed $12.9 million by Province in its first year

Upon taking control of the former Out of the Cold shelters, Atlantic Community Shelters Society got a 72% bump in provincial funding to the facilities. The agency had so much surplus cash in its first...

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Dana Larsen @danalarsen.bsky.social · 18/06/2026

The time period when cannabis use went up the most was in the late 60s, which was also when the laws against possession were the most severe. Their whole argument is based on a false premise. Also, decrim of possession leaves both cultivation and sale still criminalized and unregulated.

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Euan Thomson @drugdatadecoded.ca · 16/06/2026

Breaking: The judge is ruling in favour of the Alberta government in Travis Peddie’s lawsuit to stop the closure of supervised consumption services in Calgary and Lethbridge. The closures will proceed this month. 1/

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Euan Thomson @drugdatadecoded.ca · 14/06/2026

So far, this series has connected the efforts inside government (part 1) and police (part 2) to criminalize harm reduction activities of a grassroots nonprofit. It has unearthed a playbook of surveillance, coordinated internal briefings, and media leaks. 1/ drugdatadecoded.ca/out-in-the-c...

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Out in the Cold, Part 1: Surveillance, smearing and shutdown of a harm-reduction shelter

Part 1 of an 11-month investigation: The dismantling of Halifax-based Out of the Cold Community Association followed the Nova Scotia government's coordinated criminalization of the organization and it...

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Dana Larsen @danalarsen.bsky.social · 05/06/2026

Of all the things I can't stand about RFK Jr, the fact that he's a former heroin user is not one of them.

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Dana Larsen @danalarsen.bsky.social · 30/05/2026

Whole Trump family getting another generational curse here, to add to the many they've already got piled up.

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Avi Lewis @avilewis.ca · 27/05/2026

5/ There's an official petition to withdraw C-22, sponsored by NDP MP @jennykwan.bsky.social. More than 2,600 Canadians have signed. We need more. Add your name and ask others to do the same while it's still at committee: www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en...

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Petition e-7416 - Petitions

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Avi Lewis @avilewis.ca · 27/05/2026

1/ Right now, a bill called C-22 is moving through Parliament. It would let police pull information on who you talk to, when, and where, all without a warrant. It's at committee this week. 🧵

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Dana Larsen @danalarsen.bsky.social · 13/05/2026

Weed's been legal in Canada for 8 years. But not even one prominent politician will admit to being a current user. They'll all happily pose with beers and wine in hand, but the stigma around being photographed with a bong in hand remains strong.

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Dana Larsen @danalarsen.bsky.social · 08/05/2026

Thank you to BC Green Leader Emily Lowan for showing real support for @tedsmithvcbc.bsky.social and his amazing cannabis buyers club.

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Dana Larsen @danalarsen.bsky.social · 07/05/2026

Turns out that when you cancel BC Hydro services using their AI agent, it tells you service is cancelled but actually it is still active and they send you more bills. When you complain they say "our chat bot is still learning and being programmed to resolve more issues, but it is not failsafe."

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Andrea Woo @andreawoo.bsky.social · 05/05/2026

Vancouver Coastal Health secures new location for Thomus Donaghy Overdose Prevention Site at 900 Helmcken. Previous location at 1060 Howe responded to 480 ODs, closed Jan 31. Lease begins June 1. Mayor Ken Sim moving urgent motion today directing city staff to use all tools to prevent its opening.

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Justin @justinthesky.bsky.social · 04/05/2026

Trump’s New Surgeon General Pick Said Using Marijuana Can Give You ‘Man Boobs’

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Dana Larsen @danalarsen.bsky.social · 30/04/2026

Advertise your account with a Simpsons image.

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Dana Larsen @danalarsen.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

This is an awful idea. Tobacco use has already dropped dramatically. Criminalizing tobacco would had over tobacco and nicotine sales to gangs and result in violence, chaos and death. Also, tobacco is a sacred plant to many indigenous peoples. www.ctvnews.ca/health/artic...

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Canadian smoking ban ‘being looked into’: health minister

The federal health minister says she is looking into legislation that would permanently ban the sale of tobacco products to anyone born after 2008.

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