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BC United MLA Elenore Sturko receives unwelcome Christmas gift from a local drug activist

Darpan News Desk The Canadian Press, 03 Jan, 2024 11:38 AM

B-C United M-L-A Elenore Sturko says she and other lawmakers got an unwelcome Christmas gift this year from local drug activist Dana Larsen.

Sturko says she was offended to receive a Christmas package containing psilocybin mushrooms and a coca leaf, which Larsen offers at local dispensaries.

The NDP government also partnered with drug trafficking/illegal research group - the Drug User Liberation Front (DULF) who also received funding from Dana Larsen. Why does @Dave_Eby continue to partner with drug traffickers who purchase drugs from the dark web, and other illegal… pic.twitter.com/x5GCgvVAfy
— Elenore Sturko (@elenoresturko) January 3, 2024

Sturko says Larsen sending drugs through the mail to elected officials is a publicity stunt meant to start a dialogue on drug legalization.

Larsen says he's aware that sending out the packages could result in charges, but he says he'd then launch a defence on constitutional grounds.

Photo courtesy of X (@ElenoreSturko)

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