Success or failure? Canada's drug decriminalisation test faces scrutiny - BBC News

The test policy to help address a deadly drug crisis in British Columbia faces public backlash and political challenges.

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Last year, British Columbia (BC) became the first province in Canada to decriminalise the use of hard drugs as part of its efforts to tackle a deadly opioids crisis. But the policy is facing pushback, leaving its future uncertain.

Every Monday, former Vancouver Mayor Kennedy Stewart would receive an email listing all the people who had died in the city from a drug overdose the previous week.

One day, three years ago, that list included the name of a relative - his brother-in-law's sister, Susan Havelock.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-68621012

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