Ottawa Approves BC’s Request to Scale Back Drug Decriminalization Program

Published on May 7, 2024

The Liberal government has accepted British Columbia’s request to scale back its drug decriminalization pilot program, which goes into effect immediately. “We have granted B.C.’s request for an amendment to their proposal. We have said yes,” Mental Health and Addictions Minister Ya’ara Saks told reporters on May 7. B.C. recently requested that Health Canada amend an exemption that had allowed the decriminalization of individual possession of small amounts of hard drugs such as heroin, fentanyl, cocaine, and methamphetamine in the province. Premier David Eby told reporters on April 26 that while the province supported caring for those struggling with addiction, urgent changes were needed to the decriminalization program to stop drug use in public places....

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