Love in the Time of Fentanyl at The Towne Theatre
Love in the Time of Fentanyl
LOVE IN THE TIME OF FENTANYL
A group of misfits, artists, and drug users operates a renegade safe injection site in Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside. Love in the Time of Fentanyl is an intimate portrait of a community fighting to save lives and keep hope alive in a neighborhood ravaged by the overdose crisis.
Love in the Time of Fentanyl had its World Premiere at the 21st DOXA Documentary Film
Festival, where it was featured as the Justice Forum Special Presentation and took home the
Colin Low Award for Best Canadian Director!”
On International Overdose Awareness Day, the screening of Love in the Time of Fentanyl is a
fundraiser to support the Vernon Entrenched People Against Discrimination (VEPAD), a Peer-
lead grassroots organization at the forefront of the fight against Toxic Drugs in Vernon.
Event Timeline & Details:
5PM-6PM
NALOXONE TRAINING (free kits provided) provided by Okanagan Naloxone
DRUG TESTING INFO – learn about drug testing services in Vernon with newly available
FTIR machine (Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy).
COMMUNITY RESOURCES – community partners will be set up in the lobby to provide
information.
6PM-7:30PM
FILM SCREENING
7:30PM-9PM
PANEL - Discussion and Q&A with people who have been directly affected by the Toxic
Drug Crisis.
KEYNOTE SPEAKERS:
Shane Dallyn, President of VEPAD
Cheryl Jackson, Peer Activist & Community Volunteer
Jennifer Glen, Team Lead at Vernon Downtown Mental Health & Substance Use Clinic
Veronica Riguedell, FTIR Drug testing Technician at Medicine Shoppe Pharmacy
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A group of misfits, artists, and drug users operates a renegade safe injection site in Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside. Love in the Time of Fentanyl is an intimate portrait of a community fighting to save lives and keep hope alive in a neighborhood ravaged by the overdose crisis.
Love in the Time of Fentanyl had its World Premiere at the 21st DOXA Documentary Film
Festival, where it was featured as the Justice Forum Special Presentation and took home the
Colin Low Award for Best Canadian Director!”
On International Overdose Awareness Day, the screening of Love in the Time of Fentanyl is a
fundraiser to support the Vernon Entrenched People Against Discrimination (VEPAD), a Peer-
lead grassroots organization at the forefront of the fight against Toxic Drugs in Vernon.
Event Timeline & Details:
5PM-6PM
NALOXONE TRAINING (free kits provided) provided by Okanagan Naloxone
DRUG TESTING INFO – learn about drug testing services in Vernon with newly available
FTIR machine (Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy).
COMMUNITY RESOURCES – community partners will be set up in the lobby to provide
information.
6PM-7:30PM
FILM SCREENING
7:30PM-9PM
PANEL - Discussion and Q&A with people who have been directly affected by the Toxic
Drug Crisis.
KEYNOTE SPEAKERS:
Shane Dallyn, President of VEPAD
Cheryl Jackson, Peer Activist & Community Volunteer
Jennifer Glen, Team Lead at Vernon Downtown Mental Health & Substance Use Clinic
Veronica Riguedell, FTIR Drug testing Technician at Medicine Shoppe Pharmacy
LOVE IN THE TIME OF FENTANYL
A group of misfits, artists, and drug users operates a renegade safe injection site in Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside. Love in the Time of Fentanyl is an intimate portrait of a community fighting to save lives and keep hope alive in a neighborhood ravaged by the overdose crisis.
Love in the Time of Fentanyl had its World Premiere at the 21st DOXA Documentary Film
Festival, where it was featured as the Justice Forum Special Presentation and took home the
Colin Low Award for Best Canadian Director!”
On International Overdose Awareness Day, the screening of Love in the Time of Fentanyl is a
fundraiser to support the Vernon Entrenched People Against Discrimination (VEPAD), a Peer-
lead grassroots organization at the forefront of the fight against Toxic Drugs in Vernon.
Event Timeline & Details:
5PM-6PM
NALOXONE TRAINING (free kits provided) provided by Okanagan Naloxone
DRUG TESTING INFO – learn about drug testing services in Vernon with newly available
FTIR machine (Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy).
COMMUNITY RESOURCES – community partners will be set up in the lobby to provide
information.
6PM-7:30PM
FILM SCREENING
7:30PM-9PM
PANEL - Discussion and Q&A with people who have been directly affected by the Toxic
Drug Crisis.
KEYNOTE SPEAKERS:
Shane Dallyn, President of VEPAD
Cheryl Jackson, Peer Activist & Community Volunteer
Jennifer Glen, Team Lead at Vernon Downtown Mental Health & Substance Use Clinic
Veronica Riguedell, FTIR Drug testing Technician at Medicine Shoppe Pharmacy
A group of misfits, artists, and drug users operates a renegade safe injection site in Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside. Love in the Time of Fentanyl is an intimate portrait of a community fighting to save lives and keep hope alive in a neighborhood ravaged by the overdose crisis.
Love in the Time of Fentanyl had its World Premiere at the 21st DOXA Documentary Film
Festival, where it was featured as the Justice Forum Special Presentation and took home the
Colin Low Award for Best Canadian Director!”
On International Overdose Awareness Day, the screening of Love in the Time of Fentanyl is a
fundraiser to support the Vernon Entrenched People Against Discrimination (VEPAD), a Peer-
lead grassroots organization at the forefront of the fight against Toxic Drugs in Vernon.
Event Timeline & Details:
5PM-6PM
NALOXONE TRAINING (free kits provided) provided by Okanagan Naloxone
DRUG TESTING INFO – learn about drug testing services in Vernon with newly available
FTIR machine (Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy).
COMMUNITY RESOURCES – community partners will be set up in the lobby to provide
information.
6PM-7:30PM
FILM SCREENING
7:30PM-9PM
PANEL - Discussion and Q&A with people who have been directly affected by the Toxic
Drug Crisis.
KEYNOTE SPEAKERS:
Shane Dallyn, President of VEPAD
Cheryl Jackson, Peer Activist & Community Volunteer
Jennifer Glen, Team Lead at Vernon Downtown Mental Health & Substance Use Clinic
Veronica Riguedell, FTIR Drug testing Technician at Medicine Shoppe Pharmacy
Love in the Time of Fentanyl
LOVE IN THE TIME OF FENTANYL
A group of misfits, artists, and drug users operates a renegade safe injection site in Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside. Love in the Time of Fentanyl is an intimate portrait of a community fighting to save lives and keep hope alive in a neighborhood ravaged by the overdose crisis.
Love in the Time of Fentanyl had its World Premiere at the 21st DOXA Documentary Film
Festival, where it was featured as the Justice Forum Special Presentation and took home the
Colin Low Award for Best Canadian Director!”
On International Overdose Awareness Day, the screening of Love in the Time of Fentanyl is a
fundraiser to support the Vernon Entrenched People Against Discrimination (VEPAD), a Peer-
lead grassroots organization at the forefront of the fight against Toxic Drugs in Vernon.
Event Timeline & Details:
5PM-6PM
NALOXONE TRAINING (free kits provided) provided by Okanagan Naloxone
DRUG TESTING INFO – learn about drug testing services in Vernon with newly available
FTIR machine (Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy).
COMMUNITY RESOURCES – community partners will be set up in the lobby to provide
information.
6PM-7:30PM
FILM SCREENING
7:30PM-9PM
PANEL - Discussion and Q&A with people who have been directly affected by the Toxic
Drug Crisis.
KEYNOTE SPEAKERS:
Shane Dallyn, President of VEPAD
Cheryl Jackson, Peer Activist & Community Volunteer
Jennifer Glen, Team Lead at Vernon Downtown Mental Health & Substance Use Clinic
Veronica Riguedell, FTIR Drug testing Technician at Medicine Shoppe Pharmacy