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This is a photo of the outside of Dana Larsen’s mushroom dispensary. The bright pink and orange sign on the storefront reads “Mushroom Dispensary, Coca Leaf Cafe.”
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VPD executes arrest and search warrant on drug testing operation

Peak Web November 20, 2023

By: Olivia Sherman, News Writer On November 1, the director and founder of Get Your Drugs Tested, Dana Larsen, was arrested after a search warrant from the Vancouver Police Department (VPD) was executed. The VPD raided Larsen’s three Medicinal Mushroom dispensary locations. He was released without charges or conditions seven hours after his arrest. The arrest and search warrant came just days after the VPD arrested co-founders of the Drug User Liberation Front (DULF), Jeremy Kalicum and Eris Nyx. The Peak reached out to Larsen for more information.  Larsen, a lifelong drug advocate, started Vancouver’s third cannabis dispensary in 2008.…

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The photo is of a large crowd, gathered outside in Vancouver. They are holding signs that read, “Free Tim” and “Free the climate heroes.” Two people are holding a large banner that says “Canadian Association of Physicians for the Environment.”
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SFU professor Tim Takaro sentenced to 30 days in jail for opposing TMX

Peak Web July 18, 2022

By: Pranjali J Mann, News Writer On the morning of June 13, SFU health sciences professor Tim Takaro was presented before the Supreme Court pertaining to his violation of the injunction zone around the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion (TMX) project worksites.…

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