Drug addiction researchers and advocates for a comprehensive, health-based approach say decriminalization needs time to work, ...
In a move widely hailed as a failure for the drug decriminalization movement, Oregon restored criminal penalties for low-level drug possession in April. Headlines chalked up this policy reversal ...
ORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Oregon's first-in-the-nation law that decriminalized the possession of small amounts of heroin, cocaine and other illicit drugs in favour of an emphasis on addiction ...
The federal government on Tuesday condoned and approved B.C.’s hasty retreat from decriminalizing drug use, so the surrender is now official and complete. You wouldn’t know it from the B.C. government ...
The federal government has approved British Columbia’s request to modify its drug decriminalization policy, making illicit drug use in public spaces illegal once again. The announcement, made by ...
Toronto's decriminalization bid has been tainted by political debates fuelled by British Columbia's recent backtrack, drug policy experts say, plunging the city's application into uncertainty. THE ...
As the dust settles on the recent Southern Interior Local Government Association (SILGA) conference, one issue looms large for municipal leaders across British Columbia—drug decriminalization.
Public drug use became illegal in British Columbia once again on Tuesday, after the federal government granted the province’s request to scale back its drug decriminalization pilot. The change ...
BC United is trying to get the force of the Legislature in support of its call to roll back the province’s drug decriminalization. The party introduced a bill on May 1 that would require the ...