Toxic drugs are proving to be the most decisive issue among voters in the upcoming election on Oct. 19
platform this week, promising a more liberal approach than even the incumbent New Democrats to solving a crisis that has killed thousands of people over the last several years.In an election that is, by every measure, exceedingly close, there may not be an issue more divisive than the parties’ drug platforms. It offers the starkest contrast in terms of strategy between the Conservatives on the right, and the NDP and Greens on the left.Illicit drugs have killed more than 15,000 people in B.C.
Fair or not, decriminalization was associated with incidents of public disorder, and the broad perception was that this disorder was on the increase as a result of the province’s liberal approach to drug use.There isn’t an issue that the Conservatives havethan drug policy. There is little question the party senses a huge opening here with voters in the Oct. 19 election. The Conservatives have come out strongly against decriminalization, saying it would end the trial as quickly as it could.
installed outside hospitals there that dispensed glass pipes and injection kits. The NDP had to quickly get those removed.for drug trafficking and possession of a prohibited firearm. Large amounts of drugs were seized, including what police believe was cocaine, fentanyl and prescription opioids. Notably, the arrests took place at an overdose-prevention site operated by the Canadian Mental Health Association.
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