B.C.'s three-year drug decriminalization pilot project was enacted on Jan. 31 last year.
B.C. Premier David Eby made a brave move Friday to recriminalize public drug use, but it had to be done.
Eby recognized that this recriminalization initiative may also be challenged in the courts, but he said that would require arguing against federal rules, rather than simply provincial legislation. “The nature of the crisis is also changing. The way people are using drugs is changing — they are inhaling drugs rather than injecting them. The drugs they’re using are changing — they are even more toxic than before,” Eby said. “We’re seeing more and more people with serious brain injuries using publicly and their behaviour is erratic and concerning to the public.”
As I reported last fall, some of those diverted drugs may end up in the hands of young people, a situation that is untenable in every way. Vancouver Police Department Deputy Chief Fiona Wilson told a federal committee earlier this month that half of hydromorphone seizures in B.C. were diverted from safe supply, the Vancouver Sun reported.
I agree with Eby that drug addiction is a health issue, not a criminal law issue, which is why I support tweaking the three-year drug decriminalization experiment, rather than ending it outright. Too many people are dying to give up.
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