WATCH LIVE: Health officials have an update on B.C.'s landmark decriminalization pilot, set to begin tomorrow.
Posted: Jan. 30, 2023 9:58AMPeople hold up signs calling for the decriminalization of drugs in Victoria in 2020.
The province will provide further detail on the pilot in a news conference at 10 a.m. Monday. CHEK News will stream it live on this article andThe strategy marks a significant shift in the way B.C. is addressing its toxic drug crisis as deaths continue to rise in the province. Data released at the start of the month by the BC Coroners Service shows that over 14,000 people have died from toxic drug overdoses since 2016, with 87 per cent of deaths involving illicit fentanyl.
The B.C. Association of Chiefs of Police, which initially proposed a one-gram limit, has expressed support for decriminalization, though it has voiced concerns about drug dealers or organized crime taking advantage of the new policy. The exemption only applies within the province of British Columbia and is not a form of legalization. Sale of these drugs will still be illegal and drug trafficking will remain a criminal offense.
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