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Drug war memorial march held in the Downtown Eastside

A photo of VANDU's memorial march: We speak their name, we march with rage!'
Marchers in the Downtown Eastside remember those lost to the War on Drugs. Photo: David P. Ball.
Laurence Gatinel - CFRO - Vancouver • BC | 17-08-2020
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By David P. Ball

We play excerpts, speeches and eulogies from VANDU’s drug war memorial march on Saturday, We speak their names, we march with rage!

"The war on the poor and the war on drugs are killing people in our communities at an alarming rate - not only the record high overdose rates, but in all the grinding ways poverty, colonization, police violence, and hateful stigma attack poor people who use drugs everyday."

 

Memorial march: 'We speak their names, we march with rage!'

 

To learn more about the march, listen to our Aug.12 interview with B.C. Association of People on Opiate Maintenance Vice-President Reija Jean and President Laura Shaver.

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