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Jan 31, 2023
Jan 31, 2023
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Excerpts from Health Canada today (June 1, 2022):
B.C. receives exemption to decriminalize possession of some illegal drugs for personal use - Canada.ca
The federal Minister of Mental Health and Addictions and Associate Minister of Health and BC Minister of Mental Health and Addictions are announcing the granting of a time-limited exemption for three years under the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act (CDSA) so that adults in the province of...www.canada.ca
It all became official January 31, 2023:
FIRST READING: How drug decriminalization in B.C. could make everything worse
The decriminalization argument is that it will reduce the stigma of being an addict, thus allowing drug users to be protected from harm.
It was made clear by police that they were not interdicting from some time ago, with the streets filling up from fentanyl policies, as can be seen in Vancouver is Dying.
Oregon is also mentioned (decriminalized there), which does not sound favorable.
True North also had an article on it:
‘It’s hell on Earth’: Poilievre says B.C. drug policies worsen addiction crisis
Conservative leader Pierre Poilievre says British Columbia’s permissive policies on illicit drug use have been a failure.
tnc.news
Often comparisons are made to Portugal, however have not read enough on how that was working out. One outcome (and people will know this who live in BC), is that crime will escalate, as it already has.