BC Reverses Course on Drug Decriminalization After Public Backlash

The government of British Columbia is changing course on public drug use. “Illicit drugs and hard drugs should not be used where kids are playing, where patients are recovering, or community life is lived,” Premier David Eby told a news conference on April 26. Mr. Eby told reporters that while he has compassion for those struggling with addictions, “that compassion, that concern for people who are struggling, does not mean that anything goes. We still have expectations around safety, public spaces, in the coffee shop, on the bus, in the park, on the beach, and spaces where a family or people gather to celebrate.”...