BC Illicit Drugs

• B.C.’s 3-year experiment with drug decriminalization starts Tuesday

  Starting Tuesday, adults with up to two-and-a-half grams of drugs for personal use, including opioids, cocaine and MDMA, will not be arrested or charged.

  Health

  Jan 30, 2023
  
• Health Canada mulling B.C.’s drug decriminalization request but with lower threshold: minister

  B.C.'s request calls for a person to be allowed to carry up to 4.5 grams of illicit drugs, but the federal government is allegedly mulling a 2.5-gram cumulative threshold.

  Health

  Apr 6, 2022
  
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• B.C. formally asks Ottawa for exemption to decriminalize illicit drug possession

  B.C. has officially submitted its application to become the first province to ask Ottawa for the exemption from Health Canada.

  Health

  Nov 1, 2021
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• B.C. adds $10.5 million for overdose prevention sites, outreach teams

  The funding will be used to open 17 new supervised consumption services and 12 new inhalation services.

  Health

  Aug 4, 2020