As we gather with loved ones this holiday season, our MSTH community remains held together by the bonds that first brought us together—love, loss, courage, and an unwavering commitment to a safer, more compassionate world for people who use drugs. These bonds have carried us through another year of challenge and change, reminding us that none of us walks this path alone.

Moms Stop the Harm is shocked and outraged by November 7th’s verdict against Jeremy Kalicum and Eris Nyx of the Drug User Liberation Front (DULF). We stand in unwavering solidarity with them both and with all who continue to fight for life-saving change in the face of failed drug policies. It is outrageous that, though the court clearly understood that DULF’s intention was simply to save lives, they were still found guilty of drug trafficking.