British Columbia to become first province in Canada to decriminalize small amounts of illicit drugs

On Jan. 31, B.C. is launching a three-year pilot project to decriminalize small amounts of certain illicit drugs.

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33 comments

  1. Kinda vague when you say “hard drugs.”
    I can see like a gram of powdered cocaine or mdma, those arent epidemic level drugs. Do more research cause this is too broad. Does this cover drinking aqua velva and huffing gas?

  2. Hope I’m wrong but Imma gonna make a prediction that this doesn’t help the opioid crisis out there….

    1. @Punk Rachmaninoff guess you’ve never done drugs…but this is not the way to help. It will do the opposite. The more you GIVE the more you ENABLE the problem.

    2. I was on opioid medication back in 2021 due to my nerve damage, (gabapentin) that drug should be illegal this is truly devastating that ppl r ok with this

  3. Yikes!! These officials have no clue. Drug problems are going to FURTHER explode here in BC..DISGUSTING. WASTE OF TAXPAYERS MONEY.

  4. That way the government doesn’t have to be accused of not enforcing the law, and try to get the drug situation under control. Other areas have implemented harm reduction in the same way, and the death rates doubled!!!!

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