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Remembering Spike, a Tireless Educator from the Downtown Eastside


Gerald ‘Spike’ Peachey changed minds by telling his own addiction story, again and again.
Jen St. Denis is The Tyee’s Downtown Eastside reporter. Find her on Twitter @JenStDen.
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Gerald ‘Spike’ Peachey died earlier this week at age 55. He’s being remembered as a tireless advocate for ending stigma against people who use drugs.
Photo by Paula Carlson for Megaphone magazine.
Before Gerald “Spike” Peachey was able to access prescription heroin, he said he had worn his “damaged body down to such a weakened state that it was clear to me that to continue for much longer would definitely be the end of me.” ....

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