Being a mother who uses drugs can put you under constant scrutiny from the government. Especially if you’re Indigenous. You’re judged and watched. You live in fear of that knock on the door, when they come to take your kids away. Many moms are rightly scared to access safer supply, harm reduction, detox and withdrawal management – so they avoid those life saving services because they don’t want to draw the eye of the state.
In this episode Hawkfeather Peterson and Elli Taylor, two leaders in the drug user liberation movement, share their stories of surviving the scrutiny and violence of BC’s family policing system. We also hear from professor Jade Boyd who talks about her research on why overdose interventions aren’t reaching mothers.
Episode 44: Kids on the Block Part 3 – Danny
Episode 43: Kids on the Block Part 2 – Jade
Episode 42: Kids on the Block Part 1 – Bones
Episode 41: New Front, Old War
Episode 40: Boys Don’t Cry
Episode 39: Backlash
Episode 37: Drugstore Cowboy
Episode 36: Some Exceptions Apply
Episode 35: On the Clock
Psychoactive Swap
Episode 34: The Iron Law
Episode 33: You Will Not Destroy Me
Episode 32: Goodbye Greg
Episode 31: Love, Death and Benzodope
Episode 30: DULF
Episode 29: Resign
Episode 28: After the Flood
Yard Tales Swap
Episode 27: Cop Baked In
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