Public Drug Use Ban

• ‘Absolutely frustrating’: B.C. minister disappointed with drug use injunction extension

  B.C. Solicitor General and Public Safety Minister Mike Farnworth expressed disappointment with the latest extension of an injunction against a public drug use ban.

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  Mar 30, 2024
  
• Politicians react to B.C. Supreme Court injunction against public drug use ban

  B.C.'s Supreme Court’s decision to block a new provincial law prohibiting the public consumption of illegal substances has spurred reaction from politicians.

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  Dec 30, 2023
  
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• Proposed ban on drug use in public heading to Maple Ridge council

  Maple Ridge, B.C., could become the first municipality in the Lower Mainland to ban public drug use, amid concerns stemming from the province's new decriminalization initiative.

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  May 5, 2023