OTTAWA — 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 represents a major policy climbdown for the provincial NDP government more than a year into the three-year pilot program with Ottawa that is aimed at tackling the deadly overdose crisis.

Federal addictions minister Ya'ara Saks dismissed any notion it is an admission the program failed, and called it 'a process of learning'{ai:summary}<p>BC's drug decriminalization pilot cut short by Ottawa, making public drug use illegal once more. NDP government faces policy climbdown. #politics</p>

B.C.’s request to make public drug use illegal again approved by federal government

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