Hard Drugs

• Okanagan mayors support legal battle to ban public drug use in parks, playgrounds

  The legal battle over where drug use should and shouldn't be allowed is heating up after the B.C Supreme Court struck down Bill 34.

  Canada

  Feb 6
  
• Man arrested for selling hard drugs from B.C. kiosk gears up for Charter challenge

  Vancouver police arrested Jerry Martin and impounded cash, drugs and the mobile trailer he was operating as "The Drugs Store" on Thursday, one day after he'd begun operations.

  Health

  May 8, 2023
  
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• First step or misstep? Mixed reaction to B.C. drug decriminalization

  The province is set to embark on a three-year drug decriminalization experiment Tuesday, built on a three-year federal exemption from the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act.

  Health

  Jan 31, 2023
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• Public split on B.C.’s plan to decriminalize hard drugs, but support may be growing: poll

  Forty-nine per cent of respondents in B.C. said they supported the idea, compared to 39 per cent who were opposed.

  Health

  Jul 15, 2022
• Vancouver backs push for ‘compassion clubs’ selling safer heroin, cocaine, meth

  Two groups are seeking a federal exemption to drug laws to run a "compassion club" that would distribute an untainted supply of street drugs, in a bid to curb overdose deaths.

  Health

  Oct 8, 2021
• Trudeau unconvinced decriminalizing hard drugs is a cure-all for opioid crisis

  But Trudeau once felt the same way about marijuana -- conceding it during an interview this week -- before changing his mind.

  Canada

  Dec 19, 2019
• B.C.’s top doctor urges province to decriminalize possession of hard drugs to address overdose crisis

  Dr. Bonnie Henry says the evidence shows that criminalizing people who use drugs does more harm than good.

  Health

  Apr 24, 2019