Possession of 2.5 grams of illicit drug to be decriminalized in B.C. starting tomorrow
British Columbia tomorrow will become a testing ground for the decriminalization of narcotics and opioids as the country grapples with extensive fatal toxic drug poisonings.
Beginning Jan. 31, police won’t arrest, charge or seize the drugs of adults in British Columbians if they possess up to 2.5 grams of certain illegal drugs for personal use.In the province alone, some 10,000 people have fatally overdosed since the province declared a public health emergency in 2016. Officials believe that this departure from criminalizing drug use will get more people into treatment and diminish the stigma around it.
The federal exemption will last three years and covers illicit versions of opioids such as heroin, morphine and fentanyl, as well as crack and powder cocaine, methamphetamine; and MDMA .
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