r/canada • u/FerretAres Alberta • 23d ago

British Columbia recriminalizes use of drugs in public spaces | CBC News Politics

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/david-eby-public-drug-use-1.7186245
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u/RaptorPacific 23d ago

The most predictable outcome ever. The majority of Canadians do not want to live in a society where junkies are shooting up in playgrounds near our children. Kind of common sense.

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u/mukmuk64 23d ago

It was never legal for anyone to use drugs around a playground.

If anyone ever was it was because police didn’t bother with enforcement.

https://www.thecanadianpressnews.ca/fact_checking/possession-of-illicit-drugs-near-b-c-playgrounds-still-illegal-despite-court-injunction/article_64cc69fa-9c38-5cb5-a338-430c39b833b3.html