B.C. government is scrambling for cover as its decriminalization experiment crumbles
B.C.’s 16-month experiment with decriminalizing small amounts of drugs officially ended in failure Tuesday, after Ottawa announced it had agreed to the province’s request for re-criminalization in virtually all public places.
“In the case of public consumption, there shouldn't be disturbances to the public for those who are going about their daily lives.” Alas, they are the architects of their own misfortune, having drafted and executed decriminalization in such a way that infuriated local mayors, harmed small business owners, rendered police powerless and endangered the safety of health-care workers, all while failing to curb deaths in the ongoing toxic drug crisis.
“They want us to treat addiction as a health matter, they want to ensure that individuals have connections to care and support when they need it, and that's the work that we are going to continue to do.” To make it stick, they are deploying the three Ds of politics: Deny, deflect and distract. The first two have been on display for the past 16 months. The third begins now.
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