Good point!
Les Leyne: Public safety forces retreat on decriminalization
B.C.’s historic drug decriminalization experiment is being dramatically scaled back as the NDP government retreats in the face of sustained public anxiety about what it is doing to perceptions of public safety.
Just So You Know: The enormous amount of faith that was placed in decriminalization stemmed from how unanimous all the experts were.
That started breaking down with senior police leaders’ testimony at federal hearings last week that there was no sign it was working.
They also confirmed widespread diversion of safe-supply drugs, where people with dependencies sell the allotment provided by clinics, or trade up. Eby’s government has denied that for months now. But you have to wonder if safe supply will follow the decriminalization route — a major new, widely endorsed policy that created disastrous unintended consequences and went sideways.
B.C.’s historic drug decriminalization experiment is being dramatically scaled back as the NDP government retreats in the face of sustained public anxiety about what it is doing to perceptions of public safety.
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