Friends mourn death of longtime Downtown Eastside resident and advocate

Posted: May 11, 2021 9:33 PM PT | Last Updated: May 12
Gerald 'Spike' Peachey is described by friends as 'a warm, gentle character, with a heart of gold.'(CBC News)
Gerald "Spike" Peachey, a longtime Downtown Eastside resident and safe drug use advocate, has died at the age of 55.
Sarah Blyth, executive director of the Overdose Prevention Society, says Peachey represented the Downtown Eastside community with his activism. 
"He was a really, really big champion of overdose prevention," said Blyth, who met Peachey almost 10 years ago. 
Blyth told
Early Edition host Stephen Quinn that Peachey was one of the first volunteers at the Overdose Prevention Society, he spoke as an advocate for many organizations, and was a contributor at Megaphone Magazine.

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