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Re:I am a heroin user. I do not have a drug problem by hackermailman on Thursday February 18, 2021 @01:03PM (#26183236)
It's been decrim unofficially for personal use for 5 years now, now officially decriminalized https://www.rcinet.ca/en/2020/11/28/vancouver-votes-to-decri...

Every bus stop since March last year in the drug slums also has instructions where to get prescribed opiates. Area only got worse

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Re:I am a heroin user. I do not have a drug problem by slavik81 on Thursday February 18, 2021 @03:36PM (#26185161)
From your link:

> The Vancouver motion however for the moment has no force in law.

A municipality doesn't have the authority to decriminalize drugs. They're just requesting the Federal government to act. It's not official, though it could eventually be.

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Re:I am a heroin user. I do not have a drug problem by valuearb on Thursday February 18, 2021 @03:52PM (#26185336)
Decriminalization isn’t legalization. Not only is it still a federal crime to buy and use, but it’s also illegal to sell. And illegal heroin is still cut with a variety of substances leading to more overdoses and deaths.
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