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British Columbia premier admits drug decriminalization program ‘didn’t work’

The three-year pilot legalizing small quantities of hard drugs such as crack, regular cocaine, and heroin will not be renewed when it ends January 31.

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Anthony Murdoch

• Jan 8, 2026

BC premier admits decriminalizing drugs was ‘not the right policy’

Premier David Eby acknowledged that British Columbia's liberal policy on hard drugs 'became was a permissive structure that … resulted in really unhappy consequences.'

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Anthony Murdoch

• Oct 15, 2025Oct 16, 2025

Dozens of groups urge Trump not to reclassify marijuana as less dangerous

CatholicVote and others warned that it would cause ‘serious harm’ to reclassify marijuana from the Schedule I drug category to the far milder Schedule III.

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Calvin Freiburger

• Aug 28, 2025Aug 29, 2025

Majority of Canadian MPs vote for proposal recommending hard drug decriminalization

Canadian MPs have voted 210 to 117 in favor of a proposal to decriminalize simple possession of heroin, cocaine and all other illegal drugs across Canada despite the disastrous effects of lax drug policies already observed.

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Clare Marie Merkowsky

• Nov 25, 2024

Trudeau government approves British Columbia’s request to re-criminalize hard drug use in public

Liberal Minister of Addictions and Mental Health Ya’ara Saks maintained that the program was not a failure and did not cause the increase of overdose deaths.

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Clare Marie Merkowsky

• May 8, 2024May 9, 2024

City of Toronto asks Trudeau gov’t to decriminalize hard drugs despite policy’s failure in BC

Toronto city officials appealed to the Trudeau government to legalize all quantities of crack, cocaine, heroin, meth, and other hard drugs, despite warnings that it will bring increased chaos and violence to the city.

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Clare Marie Merkowsky

• May 2, 2024May 3, 2024

British Columbia to re-criminalize hard drug use in public after massive policy failure

Far-left British Columbia premier David Eby announced last week that his province plans to re-criminalize hard drug use in public spaces after its decriminalization last year led to widespread social disorder.

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Clare Marie Merkowsky

• May 1, 2024May 3, 2024

British Columbia should allow addicts to possess even more drugs, federal report suggests

Despite the drug crisis only getting worse in British Columbia after decriminalization, a federal report by the Canadian Institutes of Health Research advocates for further relaxing its policy so addicts can possess even more drugs.

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Clare Marie Merkowsky

• Apr 25, 2024May 3, 2024

Liberal MP blasts Trudeau-backed ‘safe supply’ drug programs, linking them to ‘chaos’ in cities

'There is certainly the perception by a lot of Canadians that a lot of downtown cores are basically out of control,' Liberal MP Dr. Marcus Powlowski said, before pointing specifically to 'safe supply' drugs and injection sites.

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Clare Marie Merkowsky

• Apr 17, 2024Apr 17, 2024

BC’s top doctor calls for expansion of ‘safer supply’ drug program to include fentanyl and heroin

Bonnie Henry is pushing to expand British Columbia’s controversial ‘safer supply’ program despite admitting that it isn’t ‘fully evidence-based.’

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Clare Marie Merkowsky

• Feb 7, 2024Feb 8, 2024

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Articles tagged drug decriminalization

British Columbia premier admits drug decriminalization program ‘didn’t work’

BC premier admits decriminalizing drugs was ‘not the right policy’

Dozens of groups urge Trump not to reclassify marijuana as less dangerous

Majority of Canadian MPs vote for proposal recommending hard drug decriminalization

Trudeau government approves British Columbia’s request to re-criminalize hard drug use in public

City of Toronto asks Trudeau gov’t to decriminalize hard drugs despite policy’s failure in BC

British Columbia to re-criminalize hard drug use in public after massive policy failure

British Columbia should allow addicts to possess even more drugs, federal report suggests

Liberal MP blasts Trudeau-backed ‘safe supply’ drug programs, linking them to ‘chaos’ in cities

BC’s top doctor calls for expansion of ‘safer supply’ drug program to include fentanyl and heroin