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Bev54

(10,039 posts) Tue May 31, 2022, 02:48 PM May 2022

British Columbia is the first province in Canada to de-criminalize possession of small amounts of [View all]

illicit drugs. Adults will be able to possess small amounts of opioids, cocaine, methamphetamine and MDMA and drug abuse will be treated as a health matter not a criminal matter. BC was the first province to apply to the Federal govn't for an exemption.

https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/opioid-crisis-bc-canada-1.6471878

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British Columbia is the first province in Canada to de-criminalize possession of small amounts of [View all] Bev54 May 2022 OP

Thousands are dying from fentanyl ods. If they are not afraid to be out in applegrove May 2022 #1

That is part of the purpose of this, many people die alone because of the fear Bev54 May 2022 #2