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CP NewsAlert: Drug activists win constitutional fight, trafficking convictions tossed

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The Canadian Press. (2026, September 29). CP NewsAlert: Drug activists win constitutional fight, trafficking convictions tossed. Toronto Star. https://www.thestar.com/news/canada/british-columbia/b-c-court-to-rule-on-constitutional-challenge-of-activists-trafficking-convictions/article_98db9062-412d-5ef2-a94d-2b3c05b79b22.html

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A British Columbia Supreme Court judge, Justice Catherine Murray, has declared certain parts of Canada's Controlled Drugs and Substances Act unconstitutional, leading to the dismissal of trafficking convictions against Jeremy Kalicum and Eris Nyx. The two defendants argued they were selling drugs to clients in an effort to mitigate the dangers posed by toxic drug supplies through their organization called the Drug User Liberation Front.

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On Tuesday, British Columbia Supreme Court Justice Catherine Murray ruled that parts of Canada’s Controlled Drugs and Substances Act are unconstitutional, tossing out drug trafficking convictions against Jeremy Kalicum and Eris Nyx. Kalicum and Nyx founded the Drug User Liberation Front (DULF) in 2022 to test illicit drugs for purity and sell them at cost to reduce drug-related harms. After police raided their operation in Vancouver in 2023, they were charged under federal law but argued that forcing drug users to rely on unregulated street drugs violated the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms. Murray agreed that Section 5(2) of the Act infringes on sections 7 and 15 of the Charter by denying people a safer alternative to toxic illicit drugs, thereby staying their convictions while suspending her ruling for six months.

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A British Columbia Supreme Court judge has stayed trafficking convictions for two people who said they were selling to clients to reduce the harms caused by toxic drugs. asserted

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Justice Catherine Murray has ruled sections of the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act are unconstitutional, tossing out convictions against Jeremy Kalicum and Eris Nyx who founded the compassion club known as the Drug User Liberation Front. asserted

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CP NewsAlert: Drug activists win constitutional fight, trafficking convictions tossed

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