Dana Larsen
The Georgia Straight
Vancouver, BC, Canada
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Past articles by Dana:
Dana Larsen: 10,000 street drug samples analyzed in Vancouver
Jan 19, 2021 - A free local service does the most drug checking in Canada. → Read More
Dana Larsen: Masturbation Panic and the War on Drugs
Nov 22, 2020 - There are many parallels between what happened to those who pleasured themselves in the 19th century and people who use illegal drugs nowadays. → Read More
Dana Larsen: Challenge coins reveal disturbing side of policing
Oct 26, 2020 - There are plenty of offensive and disturbing ones in use by Canadian law enforcement. → Read More
Dana Larsen: Top antiprostitution cop was abusing sex workers
Sep 2, 2020 - This is the latest in Larsen's series of articles looking at the culture of sexual harassment and intimidation within Canadian police forces. → Read More
Dana Larsen: Killer cops on Vancouver streets
Aug 20, 2020 - An autopsy showed that Myles Gray suffered a broken nose, a dislocated jaw, a fractured voice box, a fractured eye socket, a broken rib, a fractured sternum, and a crushed testicle. Gray had also been pepper-sprayed. → Read More
Dana Larsen: Billion-dollar lawsuit for sexual abuse within RCMP
Jul 26, 2020 - Mass payouts avoid any individual officers from having to face consequences and they keep the power structure and abusers in place, while forcing taxpayers to foot the bill. → Read More
Dana Larsen: RCMP Musical Ride at centre of allegations of horse abuse and harassment
Jul 15, 2020 - This is the fourth in a series of articles looking at the culture of sexual harassment and intimidation within Canadian police forces. → Read More
Dana Larsen: VPD exploitation preceded officer's death
Jul 10, 2020 - This is the third in a series of articles looking at the culture of sexual harassment and intimidation within Canadian police forces. → Read More
Dana Larsen: Toronto cops barrage fellow officers with porn and abuse
Jul 5, 2020 - The Ontario Human Rights Tribunal recently awarded Heather McWilliam $85,000 after she was subjected to extensive sexual harassment as a constable with the Toronto Police Service. → Read More
Dana Larsen: Calgary cops forced to perform orgasms in public
Jul 1, 2020 - According to a Vancouver writer and drug-policy reform advocate, the whole concept of police vice squads is a relic from the past and should be set aside. → Read More
Dana Larsen: 4/20 returns to Sunset Beach
A long-time drug policy reformer lists 12 reasons why there are still reasons to protest in response to the Trudeau goverrnment's "legalization" of cannabis. → Read More
Dana Larsen: The marijuana potency myth
Could cannabis really be 12,600 times stronger now than the 1960s? → Read More
Dana Larsen: Canadian docs warned that cannabis could be as risky as opioids
The authors even claim that patients who experience medical benefits from cannabis are really suffering from a "placebo effect", reinforced by the amount of money they've spent buying cannabis! → Read More