HeyJaredCrackdown
The drug war, covered by drug users as war correspondents. Crackdown is a monthly podcast about drugs, drug policy and the drug war led by drug user activists and supported by research. Each episode will tell the story of a community fighting for their lives.
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- Sep 4, 2026
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- Jul 22, 2026
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Episode 58: Toothless Tiger (opens the original)
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Cops kill people. They hurt people. They sexually assault people. And when they do, there’s a whole system that’s supposed to hold them accountable, but it barely works. On Episode 58, Garth and Sam dig into Canada’s rotten history of police accountability—and ask whether the system is failing, or doing exactly what it was built to do. HEADLINES A recent report by the Tracking (In)Justice Project at Carleton University has found that Canadian police officers have killed significantly more people
Episode 57: We Ain’t Dead Yet (opens the original)
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Description Garth and Sam discuss Elanore Sturko, Vaughn Palmer and Tristin Hopper’s responses to Canada’s declining overdose deaths in 2025. Was it the NDP’s abandonment of decriminalization and “prescribed alternatives” that caused fewer Canadians to die? No, it wasn’t. Table of Contents [04:21] SEGMENT 1: Show updates – we ain’t dead yet! [08:01] SEGMENT 2: Canada’s ultraconservatives want credit for the declining overdoses. Do they deserve any? [23:26] SEGMENT 3: Community Profile – Tyson Si
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