Last year, a pilot program was launched in a Canadian province allowing adults to carry up to 2.5 grams of hard drugs for personal use. Soaring drug use in public spaces has raised concerns over public safety.

The Canadian province of British Columbia is reversing its policy of allowing the open use of hard drugs in public.

Premier David Eby said Friday that police will soon have the power again to enforce drug use laws in all public places, including hospitals, restaurants, parks, and beaches.

It brings to an end a much-criticized pilot program that allowed the personal use of some illegal drugs, including cocaine, methamphetamine, MDMA, heroin, morphine, and fentanyl.

The program launched in January last year, to remove the stigma associated with drug use that keeps people from seeking help, was supposed to run for three years.

  • gimpchrist
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    -22 months ago

    Yeah but I enjoy it a lot more

    • SatansMaggotyCumFart
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      62 months ago

      I’m just going to chalk this up to you trolling instead of using 3 grams of cocaine daily for seven years which would be about $800,000 worth and claiming you don’t have a problem or health issues.

      • gimpchrist
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        -12 months ago

        Good for you? Lol I have nothing to prove to people on Lemmy