VANCOUVER — The executive director of the Vancouver Area Network of Drug Users says Health Canada's decision to allow British Columbia to again prohibit the use of illicit drugs in most public spaces will cause more deaths, calling it 'prohibition 2.
VANCOUVER — The executive director of the Vancouver Area Network of Drug Users says Health Canada's decision to allow British Columbia to again prohibit the use of illicit drugs in most public spaces will cause more deaths, calling it"prohibition 2.0."
She says increased policing will not fix the overdose crisis, which has claimed more than 14,000 lives since 2016, and instead the province should be focused on increasing housing, overdose prevention services and improving welfare services. Eby said during a news conference on a separate issue today the change is the result of a"spike" in public drug use following the launch of the province's decriminalization pilot project.
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