Between August 2022 and October 2023, the Drug User Liberation Front’s Compassion Club and Fulfillment Centre (DULF CC&FC) emerged as a groundbreaking initiative and research endeavor dedicated to combating escalating overdose deaths in Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside (DTES). As the first of its kind, this pioneering model operated as a non-profit, low-barrier, and non-medicalized approach to regulating the volatility of the content of the illicit drug market. It not only built upon existing overdose prevention strategies by providing supervised consumption services but also offered rigorously tested cocaine, heroin, and methamphetamine, at cost, to users of these substances. The following research depicts the outcomes of this program:
NEW! 12/01/2025
- Nyx E, Kalicum J, Kerr T. Overdose and British Columbia’s hospital system: Have we miscounted? BC Medical Journal [Internet]. Available from: https://bcmj.org/premise/overdose-and-british-columbia-s-hospital-system-have-we-miscounted
03/10/2025
- Kalicum J, Nyx E, Kennedy M C, Kerr T. Perceived impacts of North America’s First Compassion Club. Substance Abuse Treatment, Prevention, and Policy [Internet]. Available from: https://substanceabusepolicy.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s13011-025-00642-0
12/31/2024
- Bowles J, Nyx E, Kalicum J, Kerr T. Qualitative findings from North America’s first drug compassion club. PLOS One [Internet]. Available from: https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0315804
08/12/2024
- Nyx E, Kalicum J. A case study of the DULF compassion club and fulfillment centre — A logical step forward in harm reduction. International Journal of Drug Policy [Internet]. Available from: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0955395924002214
02/22/2024
- Kalicum J, Nyx E, Kennedy MC, Kerr T. The impact of an unsanctioned compassion club on non-fatal overdose. International Journal of Drug Policy [Internet]. Available from: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S095539592400015X
