The founders of the Drug User Liberation Front (DULF) have won a major constitutional challenge against the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act, which prohibited the implementation of their non-medicalized safer supply program in the context of the toxic drug crisis.
DULF’s founders, Jeremy Kalicum and Eris Nyx, were represented by Tim Dickson and Kaelan Unrau of JFK Law LLP, and by Stephanie Dickson of SND Law.
What Is the Case About?
The Toxic Drug Crisis
It has been 10 years since the Province of British Columbia first declared a public health emergency in response to the toxic drug crisis. The immediate driver of the crisis is not in dispute. The street drug supply is increasingly contaminated with fentanyl, benzodiazepines, and other volatile adulterants. When a person – even someone experienced with drug use – consumes a dose that is more potent than expected, the result is too often an overdose.
