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In a world hungry for healing, forgiveness, reconciliation, and most of all unconditional love, we are called to alleviate that hunger. When we invite the rejected, give voice to the silenced, include the excluded and bring unity and peace to those who are divided, we proclaim justice & healing for people who use illicit drugs...

Cocaine cut! Do you know what you're doing?

Unscrupulous dealers have taken to putting Levamisole into the cocaine they’re selling in order to increase their profits. Obviously they should cut out using this crap cut because it is causing users to get sick. Levamisole is a chemical substance that is used by pig and hog farmers use to de-worm their [...]

Opposing Ticketing of the Poor

VANDU members recently gave a series of video interviews to speak out against the Vancouver Police Department handing out jay-walking tickets to the poor in Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside neighbourhood.

Police are ticketing people for jay-walking, leaving the sidewalk, smoking in a doorwar, and other petty offences.

Fines quickly add up to the hundreds of dollars and police [...]

User activist from Victoria dies

Randy Beddow, a long-time activist with the Society of Living Intravenous Drug Users (SOLID), died on October 4th in his apartment in Victoria. Randy will be missed by friends and comrades. We last had the privilege of seeing Randy at the Pacific Summit on Drug User Health in Vancouver last May.

Randy’s passing [...]