VANCOUVER - A constitutional challenge by founders of a Vancouver “compassion club” who were found guilty of drug trafficking is expected to begin today at the British Columbia Supreme Court.

Jeremy Kalicum and Eris Nyx were found guilty by a B.C. Supreme Court judge earlier this month in relation to charges of possessing cocaine, heroin and methamphetamine for the purposes of trafficking.

That decision says the “the conviction will be held in abeyance pending the Constitutional challenge.”

A post to DULF’s website, dated March 3, 2025, says its legal challenge is seeking to prove that a section of the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act that prohibits possession of drugs for the purpose of trafficking is unconstitutional and “its enforcement is killing the very people it purports to pr

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