B.C. mother slams drug-information cards for children at Pride event
A mother is sounding the alarm over information cards that she found being handed out at a school-sanctioned Pride month-related event which instructed children on how to consume hard drugs.
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B.C. mother slams drug-information cards for children at Pride event
A mother is sounding the alarm over information cards that she found being handed out at a school-sanctioned Pride month-related event which instructed children on how to consume hard drugs.
JUN 27, 2025
Source: X
Author: Alex Zoltan
A Nanaimo mother is sounding the alarm over information cards marketed towards children that she found being handed out at a school-sanctioned Pride month-related event in British Columbia, which instructed children on how to consume hard drugs.
The mother, Ruth Taylor, reportedly collected six of the cards while at the school Pride month event attended by her 10-year-old child on Tuesday. The event was held at Departure Bay Park on Vancouver Island, where a number of organizations set up booths.
Taylor was surprised to see a Vancouver Island AIDS booth “stacked” with these information cards, ostensibly offering advice on using drugs such as GHB, methamphetamine, ecstasy, ketamine, and cocaine.
The mother described the cards as “bright” and “attractive.”
Backdropped by psychedelic patterns and designs, many of the cards appeared to mimic the extreme-style advertising typically used in marketing candy and toys to children.
“Always start on the lowest end and work your way up until you find your dose,” Taylor read from one of the cards when speaking to reporters, with the card apparently explaining how to most effectively use GHB—colloquially known as the date rape drug.
“A typical snorted dose is between 30 milligrams and 70 milligrams,” read another one of the cards.
Taylor told the three adults manning the Vancouver Island AIDS booth she thought the materials they were handing out were not age-appropriate for elementary school students but said they were “not receptive” to her concerns.
Undeterred, Taylor brought the issue to the attention of her child’s school district administration, with the superintendent issuing a letter of apology on Thursday.
Taylor later called the response of the school district administration “amazing.”
The cards are apparently produced by a U.S.-based non-profit called DanceSafe, which says it “promotes health and safety within music and nightlife communities.”
Amongst the top-selling items on DanceSafe’s website are “microscoops,” or tiny spoons, for consuming high-potency drugs typically used at raves and nightclubs. Other top sellers include fentanyl and LSD testing strips.
The BC Conservative Party, which has also decried the growing trend of hard drug use normalization in the province, weighed in on the issue through social media channels.
“Under the BC NDP, normalizing hard drug use isn't a mistake—it's their policy,” wrote the BC Conservatives on their official X account on Thursday.
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