B.C. health officer wants province-wide plan to decriminalize small amounts of illicit drugs
Health officials and drug policy experts across Canada have called for decriminalization for years, but the federal government won’t budge. Now, B.C.’s provincial health officer is putting together a report on how the province can de facto decriminalize. Drug decriminalization = removing criminal penalties for minor drug use/possession. Person might be steered towards treatment or receive and administrative penalty, like a fine. It is different from legalization; manufacturing, selling, still illegal, and drug supply still unregulated [among the supporters are former B.C. Provincial Health Officer Perry Kendall]. -Andrea Woo
Original Article (The Globe and Mail):
B.C. health officer wants province-wide plan to decriminalize small amounts of illicit drugs
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