The B.C. government says it is launching a pilot program to help disrupt the illicit drug trade in the province.
The Track and Trace program by Aidos Innovations uses advanced robotic and AI technology.
The province says it will contribute $300,000 annually for two years for the pilot program, which is the first of its kind in Canada.
It uses digital technology and lab robotics to analyze and track the flow of toxic drugs in the province and create early warning systems for law enforcement to alert people of the possibility of an increased danger of illicit drugs in their area.
“The illicit drug supply is changing faster than our warning systems,” said Nina Krieger, Minister of Public Safety and Solicitor General. “Track and Trace is an innovative technology that will allow early detection of emerging drug threats, provide clear insights into supply changes and risks, and improve co-ordination across jurisdictions in B.C.”
Adios Innovations developed the Track and Trace program in collaboration with the University of British Columbia, with the goal of helping to develop an earlier public health response.
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It will detect new toxic substances in the illicit drug supply, help establish illicit drug supply distribution patterns and movement, provide early warnings of changes to the toxic drug supply and help determine forensic intelligence tools to trace drug supply chains.
“B.C. continues to face a toxic-drug crisis that puts lives at risk due to increasingly dangerous substances in the unregulated drug supply,” said Minister of Health Josie Osborne. “Through this innovative Track and Trace technology, drugs can be quickly analyzed to identify harmful compounds and map how they move through communities. This approach supports informed health responses, helping to reduce harm and save lives.”
The tested samples will come from drugs seized by police.
Another pilot program to waste money on instead of concentrating on tracking and tracing toxic substances in illicit drug supply how about concentrating on getting people off drugs with rehab places.
How about a minimum 30 year sentence, without parole eligibility, for anyone caught trafficking, producing, or distributing illicit drugs and actually applying it.
The justice system is at fault here.The consequences for illicit drug trade are far to light.
Start putting people away for life and the appeal of the trade will spiral down.
People will step over a low fence to go where they shouldn’t but few will attempt to climb an electrified ,razor wired wall .
It is called a “deterance”, a word government fails to understand.
More money and time wasted, we all make our choices, alcohol, cigarettes, drugs, the people that are so hooked need hospitalization, get them clean and re established in society, what has been happening the past 10 years or so is stupid, wasting taxpayer dollars and creating a larger mess than what we had in the first place. Enough already
No need to track the “toxic drugs”
Drugs are illegal. And if some are toxic, simple solution is :DON’T DO DRUGS!
Tired of my tax dollars paying for all of this!
If illegal is not illegal, are we now allowed to walk into a grocery store and take what we want without paying?
Thank you another encroachment on our privacy right you guys can get more cops down there clean up the streets down there and stop with this AI technology that’s just controlling and tracking people that’s not right that is against the Constitution that’s illegal and it won’t be a pilot program it’ll be more than a program they will then implement this all over the city this is ridiculous we’re going to fight this for sure