Decriminalize Drugs

• ‘Craziest thing I’ve ever heard,’ Doug Ford says of decriminalizing drugs in Toronto

  Ontario Premier Doug Ford says Toronto's application to decriminalize drugs is the 'craziest thing' he's ever heard and he plans to do everything he can to fight it. 

  Canada

  Jul 14, 2023
  
• Kingston-area public health calls for decriminalization of personal use drugs

  The health unit's Community Drug Safety Advisory Committee is calling on the federal government to decriminalize the use of drugs. 

  Canada

  Apr 25, 2022
  
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• Hamilton MP supports NDP bill decriminalizing drug possession for personal use to parliament

  NDP MP Matthew Green says the initiative would also expand access to crucial harm reduction and recovery services.

  Politics

  Feb 8, 2022
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• Fact or Fiction: Will decriminalizing and regulating illegal drugs save lives in Ontario?

  As COVID-19 continues to ravage the country, a silent epidemic armed with an unregulated poison has been killing Ontarians at a horrifying rate.

  Cannabis

  Jan 13, 2021
• Nurses call on B.C. to decriminalize drugs as ‘essential step’ to end overdose crisis

  Two nursing groups say policing and prosecuting drug users puts "people at the risk of getting ill and dying."

  Health

  Aug 8, 2019
• Montreal backs Toronto health authorities calling for decriminalizing drugs

  The director of Montreal's public health department is welcoming a recent report by Toronto's board of health pushing the federal government to decriminalize all drugs.

  Health

  Jul 27, 2018
• Liberals don’t back call to decriminalize all illicit drugs

  The Trudeau government is rejecting a call from its own backbenchers to decriminalize all illicit drug use in Canada - just days before Liberals are set to debate the idea at a national convention in Halifax.

  Canada

  Apr 18, 2018
• ‘It’s making sure we’re not arresting people’: Vancouver mayor repeats call to decriminalize drugs

  "We need to get to these next steps. Regardless of what the federal law is right now, we have to be saving lives first and foremost."

  Health

  Mar 29, 2018
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• City of Vancouver urges Canada to decriminalize personal possession of illicit drugs

  “We are witnessing a horrific and preventable loss of life as a poisoned drug supply continues to kill our neighbours, friends, and family," said Mayor Gregor Robertson.

  Politics

  Mar 9, 2018