Last January the Canadian province of British Columbia received permission from the federal government for a three-year pilot program decriminalizing the possession and use of hard drugs.
From Tuesday, adults can possess up to 2.5g of such drugs, as well as methamphetamine, fentanyl and morphine.
Canada’s federal government granted the request by the west coast province to try out the three-year experiment.
It follows a similar policy in the nearby US state of Oregon, which decriminalised hard drugs in 2020…
The programme will run from 31 January 2023 until 31 January 2026, unless it is revoked by the federal government.
If you’ve been following the decriminalization effort in Oregon then you already know where this is headed. Earlier this year, Oregon had second thoughts about decriminalization after the number of overdoses began to climb in Portland.
Similarly, there was an…
