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Co-founders of Vancouver compassion club charged with drug trafficking
https://bc.ctvnews.ca/co-founders-of-vancouver-compassion-club-charged-with-drug-trafficking-1.6918476Co-founders of Vancouver compassion club charged with drug trafficking
People hold signs during a rally to condemn the recent arrests of Drug User Liberation Front’s (DULF) founders and raids on the organization's program of selling tested drugs in Vancouver, on Friday, Nov. 3, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Ethan Cairns
Published June 7, 2024 5:55 p.m. EDT
Criminal charges have been approved against the co-founders of an unsanctioned compassion club in Vancouver's Downtown Eastside, police announced Friday.
Authorities said 28-year-old Jeremy Kalicum and 33-year-old Eris Nyx are each facing three counts of possession for the purposes of trafficking.
Kalicum and Nyx started the Drug User Liberation Front, an organization with the stated goal of providing safe supply to help combat B.C.'s ongoing overdose crisis, which has claimed more than 14,500 lives since April 2016.
The arrest of the DULF founders last October prompted outrage in the community, with hundreds of supporters gathering in the streets to protest the police crackdown.
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People hold signs during a rally to condemn the recent arrests of Drug User Liberation Front’s (DULF) founders and raids on the organization's program of selling tested drugs in Vancouver, on Friday, Nov. 3, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Ethan Cairns
Published June 7, 2024 5:55 p.m. EDT
Criminal charges have been approved against the co-founders of an unsanctioned compassion club in Vancouver's Downtown Eastside, police announced Friday.
Authorities said 28-year-old Jeremy Kalicum and 33-year-old Eris Nyx are each facing three counts of possession for the purposes of trafficking.
Kalicum and Nyx started the Drug User Liberation Front, an organization with the stated goal of providing safe supply to help combat B.C.'s ongoing overdose crisis, which has claimed more than 14,500 lives since April 2016.
The arrest of the DULF founders last October prompted outrage in the community, with hundreds of supporters gathering in the streets to protest the police crackdown.
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