B.C.’s drug decriminalization pilot is in tatters after concerns about drug use in hospitals and restaurants led Premier David Eby to ask Health Canada to make public drug use illegal again. Jen St. Denis reports. Jen reports on civic issues for The Tyee. Published May 3, 2024. 

https://thetyee.ca/News/2024/05/03/What-Now-BC-Decriminalization-Test/

B.C.’s drug decriminalization pilot is in tatters after concerns about drug use in hospitals and restaurants led Premier David Eby to ask Health Canada to make public drug use illegal again. Jen St. Denis reports. Jen reports on civic issues for The Tyee. Published May 3, 2024. https://thetyee.ca/News/2024/05/03/What-Now-BC-Decriminalization-Test/

What Now for BC’s Decriminalization Test

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