Decriminalization undone: Assessing the amendment to British Columbia's decriminalization of personal drug possession framework.
Canadian journal of public health = Revue canadienne de sante publique March 12, 2025 Kelsey A Speed, Kat Gallant, Mathew Fleury et al. 10 citations
The Province of British Columbia (BC) is in the midst of an ongoing public health emergency, declared in 2016 in response to significant levels of drug poisonings/overdoses stemming from the unregulated drug supply. In response, BC implemented decriminalization in 2023, removing criminal sanctions for adults possessing up to 2.5 cumulative grams of opioids, cocaine, methamphetamine, and MDMA....