The latest news articles featuring BC Centre on Substance Use.
Why I Think Federal Prohibition Fails Young People
June 06, 2022 | Rolling Stone
The United States has been painstakingly slow to embrace federal cannabis reform. Despite 18 states now having legal, non-medical cannabis access, there are still Americans in jail on cannabis-related charges. According to findings from Pew Charitable Trusts, one in three of the possession-related...
B.C. will decriminalize up to 2.5 grams of hard drugs. Drug users say that threshold won’t decriminalize them
June 03, 2022 | CBC News
British Columbia is set to become the first province to decriminalize possession of small amounts of illicit drugs — but drug users, advocates, and the province’s chief coroner warn the threshold of 2.5 grams set by the federal government ignores the hard realities of how people buy and use dru...
B.C.’s drug decriminalization threshold based on police input: Bennett
June 02, 2022 | Winnipeg Free Press
OTTAWA – The federal government’s decision on British Columbia’s drug decriminalization threshold was based on police input, says Canada’s minister of mental health and addictions. Drug users in B.C. who possess up to a cumulative 2.5 grams of illicit drugs for personal use will not be arres...
B.C. to join small group of jurisdictions with decriminalization of hard drugs
June 01, 2022 | Vancouver Sun
British Columbia will soon join a handful of jurisdictions around the world where drug users are not criminalized for possessing small amounts of some illicit drugs for personal use. Critics say that while decriminalization is a positive first step, the overdose death toll can only be stemmed if a s...
Two neighbouring provinces. Two very different drug policies. B.C. and Alberta set to offer Canada a study in contrasts
June 01, 2022 | Toronto Star
When Lori Hatfield’s son fled to British Columbia in 2018, hoping to escape the shadow of drug-related crimes in his native Alberta, she felt an odd pang of relief. The mother from Lethbridge, Alta., had watched her son’s struggle with addiction, and while he was moving to what she saw as the �...
