Illicit drug use to be illegal in all public spaces, including inside hospitals, transit, parks
The B.C. government’s overhaul of decriminalization is a band-aid solution and the pilot has done more harm than good.
Premier Eby said the changes are part of new measures “to make sure police have the tools they need to ensure safe communities as treatment options are expanded to keep people alive longer.”The measures would not recriminalize possession in private residences, where someone is legally sheltering, at overdose prevention sites or drug-checking locations.
Kelowna Mayor Tom Dyas, and other Okanagan mayors, urged the NDP not to allow public drug use near areas where families and children gather.
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