Justice Watch: Justice Catherine Murray praises heroin, cocaine and meth peddling activists, stays trafficking convictions

The judge told the 'activists' they should be "very proud" of themselves.

| September 30, 2026 | News | 2 Comments

source: Margarita - stock.adobe.com (left) and ubc.ca (right)

B.C. Supreme Court Justice Catherine Murray has stayed drug-trafficking convictions against two activists who sold heroin, cocaine and methamphetamine, while giving Parliament six months to address an unconstitutional provision in Canada’s drug laws.

Drug User Liberation Front co-founders Eris Nyx and Jeremy Kalicum won their constitutional challenge September 29. Murray also personally praised the pair, who bought drugs through the dark web, tested them and sold them at cost through a Vancouver compassion club.

“You selflessly put yourselves to the side for this cause, and that’s something most people wouldn’t do. For that I applaud you. You should be very proud of yourselves,” Murray told them.

As CBC reported, the club operated without prescriptions or medical oversight. Its membership screening required participants to be adults already using illicit drugs.

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Health Canada rejected DULF’s exemption application in July 2022, citing its proposed reliance on dark-web suppliers. DULF argued that the existing rules left it without a legal source of drugs.

The club proceeded anyway. According to CBC’s account of the judgment, B.C.’s health minister supplied a rent-free storefront and designated it an overdose prevention site.

Vancouver police raided the operation in October 2023. Murray found both founders guilty of possession for the purpose of trafficking in November 2025.

In the constitutional ruling, Murray found the club reduced harm without negatively affecting public safety. She concluded there was no practical legal pathway for its non-medical safer-supply model, infringing members’ rights under sections 7 and 15 of the Charter. The declaration of invalidity is suspended for six months.

The decision drew political pushback. Former B.C. public safety minister Mike Farnworth urged Ottawa to appeal. CentreBC Leader Elenore Sturko questioned the finding of no harm, pointing to money potentially reaching criminal suppliers through dark-web purchases, CBC reported.

The Public Prosecution Service of Canada is reviewing the ruling and has 30 days to decide whether to appeal.

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