Vancouver Mayor Kennedy Stewart is calling on Ottawa to allow the city to decriminalize simple drug possession, as the COVID-19 pandemic continues to exacerbate the opioid crisis and overdose deaths rise. Jordan Armstrong breaks down the plan, and reactions.
- Vancouver to ask feds to decriminalize drug possession within city boundaries
- As Vancouver’s drug crisis continues, is decriminalization the answer?
- Plan unveiled to make Vancouver first jurisdiction in Canada to decriminalize simple drug possession