B.C. is emphasizing harm reduction, which implicitly accepts people will use drugs. Most of Alberta’s emphasis is on recovery.
B.C. and Alberta have different approaches to the toxic drug crisis, but share one thing in common — they are both losing the battle to deal with it.
Most of Alberta’s emphasis is on recovery. The government shut down one safe consumption site and emphatically rejected any thought of decriminalization. Harm reduction is in play, but there is far more stress on recovery. The report, released in March, says enforcement against drug crime has dropped across Canada in recent years, with the volume of sentencing down by more than 50 per cent.
“In B.C. drug possession incidents have increased significantly in the last decade and trafficking, production and distribution have also increased since 2016. But charges rates for both categories have remained broadly flat or even fallen over the same period, suggesting a lack of interest by law enforcement in the traditional prosecution for these offences.”
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