TORONTO — As Toronto waits to hear whether the federal government will grant its request to decriminalize the possession of illicit drugs for personal use,…
This week marks seven months since the city sent its decriminalization request to Ottawa, the same amount of time it took for the federal government to greenlight a similar request from British Columbia.
Toronto — which asked Health Canada for an exemption under the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act for personal drug use in the city — has seen a spike in overdose deaths during the pandemic. More than 1,000 people in the city died from overdoses in 2020 and 2021, almost double the number of reported deaths in the two previous years.
If granted, the exemption would decriminalize drug possession for personal use in Toronto. But what drugs and how much are still open questions, with advocates calling on the federal government to avoid what they call missteps made with British Columbia’s exemption. “It just smacks to me as an irrational fear, a kind of fear that, again, appears to be motivated by the concerns of law enforcement,” Werb said.A summary of the city’s consultations with those who use drugs noted that a blanket threshold could overlook different tolerances and buying practices, such as people who share drugs or who purchase in larger quantities to get discounts.
She notes opioids can be cut with drugs not on B.C.’s list, leaving open the possibility a person could be arrested if a drug sample comes back positive for a non-exempt substance. Toronto Public Health said if an exemption is granted, it anticipates “significant lead time for implementation planning similar to what was provided for B.C.” The B.C. exemption comes into force at the end of January, eight months after it was granted.
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