A Canadian province decriminalized hard drugs. Now it’s reversing course.

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But now, with complaints about public drug use rising and a provincial election looming, they’ve abruptly reversed course. The center-left New Democratic Party government, which championed the policy, last month received approval from Ottawa to recriminalize drug possession in most public spaces.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2024/06/08/canada-british-columbia-decriminalization-drugs-overdose/

 

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"While the firefighters aided the 55-year-old man, several people within eyesight were openly using their own drugs.
The man came to. He had been using down, he said — heroin. The rescue crews asked if he wanted to go to the hospital. Naloxone wears off quickly. He could go down again. He shook his head."

Slow suicide.