Bud Osborn (4 August 1947 – 6 May 2014)[1] was a poet, community organizer, and activist in Vancouver's Downtown Eastside. Following his prolonged struggle with heroin addiction and alcohol dependency,[2] Osborn became a founding member of the Vancouver Area Network of Drug Users and advocated for the creation of a legal supervised injection site.[3] His poetry commented on poverty and homelessness in Vancouver.[4]