Study finds B.C. drug decriminalization did not reduce overdose deaths
1 Sep 14 6:00 AM · 10d ago · 2 articles · 1 post · 8 comments · 3 sources · development 1 of 1
Research shows that while police encounters for drug possession declined under B.C.'s decriminalization policy, there were no changes in drug-related hospitalizations or deaths.
“Decriminalization isn't expected to prevent overdoses in isolation. One point of decriminalization is to get addicts to feel comfortable telling the state they're addicts…”
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first by National Post, 10d ago
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- B.C.’s drug decriminalization experiment failed to stop deadly overdoses: study National Post · 10d ago
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I've been in sober living for a year now, in an outpatient program, and going to meetings. I have probably met over 200 individuals who have been forced into programs through drug court or who have gone voluntarily recently. I'm in a house they pack people in like sardines, 200 people is no exaggeration (average of like 20 people, staying for…
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Decriminalization isn't expected to prevent overdoses in isolation. One point of decriminalization is to get addicts to feel comfortable telling the state they're addicts and consequently to feel comfortable leveraging state resources to deal with addiction. One example of a state resource is a safe injection site, which can work to reduce…
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Why would there be? Ask anyone in law enforcement: simple possession is almost entirely unenforced except for as a pretext to deal with other issues. The federal AG even issued a directive to Crown Prosecutors instructing them not to bother prosecuting it in the vast majority of cases, even if it is charged.
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Yeah decriminalization alone is not enough to help people. We need more social support across the board. It is all interrelated and will likely take lifetimes to change.
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It's almost like there are other factors at play, like affordability and availability of housing?
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Alcohol is legal and regulated and still kills about 18,000 people in Canada every year
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It is insane the extent to which society is held to ransom by the worst 5% of people
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Where’s the report that says how many more people are exposed to street drugs now
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