01/10/2022
DULF, figthing drugs with drugs.
DULF (Drug User Liberation Front) was Co-Founded by Eris Nyx (She/Her), someone who has worked in homeless shelters most of her early life observed an increase in people dying when in 2016 fentanyl was supplied and mixed with he**in in Vancouver. Eris further explains how she experienced death on a daily basis just by overdoses, stating that an estimated ten people a week would drop dead from a fentanyl-related overdose, keeping the body functioning for sometimes up to twenty minutes before paramedics arrived. Having death on display made her take action in 2018 and join the government in an effort to stop the deaths caused by the opioid crisis only to be met with criticism because of the ‘’unethical’’ solution Eris provided. Advocating for a supply of clean and safe substances was not the solution the government was looking for. according to state officials, this was outside the domain and would go against certain policies set in place where Eris replied, and in her own words, with
‘’F**k you, F**k you, F**k you’’
which led to her being fired and so DULF was formed.
The co-founder took measures in her own hands with Jeremey Kalicum (He/Him) purely to prevent people from dying, realizing very well that the opioid crisis and the war-on-drugs were flawed and failed measures to ensure public safety. The sole purpose of DULF is to provide clean, safe, and tested drugs that could and should be provided in stores like how liquor, ci******es, and recently ma*****na are sold. Furthermore, DULF advocates for the taxation on the substances to be used towards recovery programs, addiction services, and healthcare although, at this moment in time, it is only a utopian ideology far out of reach from reality.
‘’We’re just sick of it. We’re sick of our friends dying’’ was what Jeremey Kalicum said during a PowerPoint presentation on zoom with the ‘Moms stop the harm’, a group of mothers who lost their children due to the opioid crisis. Furthermore explaining how their children's death is a result of fentanyl being mixed in with other substances like m**h, he**in, co***ne, and ketamine, which led to the group standing in solidarity with DULF during their free distribution of narcotics. This is the way how DULF currently conducts their protests, by purchasing a supply of drugs from the deep web, testing the cleanliness themselves, and distributing them among the majority of users. One might wonder why the organizers are not yet arrested for distributing narcotics among the masses, according to the Vancouver police department, certain illegal activities are permissible if done under the confines of protest, It is a loophole with a terrifying black cloud hanger over it.