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Last year, a pilot program was launched in a Canadian province allowing adults to carry up to 2.5 grams of hard drugs for personal use. Soaring drug use in public spaces has raised concerns over public safety.

The Canadian province of British Columbia is reversing its policy of allowing the open use of hard drugs in public.

Premier David Eby said Friday that police will soon have the power again to enforce drug use laws in all public places, including hospitals, restaurants, parks, and beaches.

It brings to an end a much-criticized pilot program that allowed the personal use of some illegal drugs, including cocaine, methamphetamine, MDMA, heroin, morphine, and fentanyl. 

The program launched in January last year, to remove the stigma associated with drug use that keeps people from seeking help, was supposed to run for three years.

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

Yeah some cocaine is less pure than others but pretty much anything you buy on the streets isn't going to be completely pure. Even if the people you buy from are legit the people they buy from might not be, even the producers do dodgy shit. Do you seriously trust everyone in the chain from here to Columbia? There are websites online where you can see the results of lab testing from drugs sent in from various different countries. I would read one of those and disillusion yourself.

It's also definitely not as safe as you make out even if it was pure. You're kidding yourself if you think it is.

Does your doctor even know what you get up to?

[–] gimpchrist 0 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I'm not buying it on the streets. Yes the doctor knows.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago

Then where are you getting it from then? You grow and process it yourself?