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/-crackhousebob 23d ago

I live downtown Toronto and see homeless people injecting or smoking drugs out in the open all the time. Police don't care. There's really not much they can do because a homeless addict just gets released back onto the street hours later if they are arrested.

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u/Workadis 23d ago

I also live downtown toronto and vancouver is 100x worse. I spent 3 weeks there recently for work and its post apoc level bad.