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National Post
National Post
6 Apr 2024


NextImg:'Who are you to stop someone blowing crack smoke at a newborn?' Inside the thoughts of B.C.'s harm reduction program

This week, a leaked memo in B.C. revealed that hospital workers were being told not to confiscate weapons or illicit drugs from patients – and to look the other way at in-hospital drug dealers. It caused a stir in the B.C. Legislature, but it’s not altogether surprising for a province that has already decriminalized hard drugs, pioneered the government distribution of recreational opioids to addicts and opened one of the world’s most comprehensive networks of low-barrier shelters and safe consumption sites. All of this has been done in the name of “harm reduction”; the notion that any attempt to discourage drug use will only force the activity into the shadows and increase overdose deaths.