News about drug, decriminalization

Tonight at 7:15pm: tune in to listen to the #BCLeg Public Accounts Committee consider the @OAG_BC report titled "B.C.’s Toxic Drug Crisis: Implementation of Harm Reduction Programs". Listen live at bcleg.ca/live. #BCpoli pic.twitter.com/we49VUHVNc

Public Safety Minister Mike Farnworth says illicit drug use is now banned in public spaces in B.C. including on transit, beaches and parks. #bcpoli pic.twitter.com/RA8adNm5D9

NEW - The federal government has granted the request from B.C. to change the rules around decriminalization. This will ban the use of illicit drugs in public spaces. #bcpoli

Ottawa washes its hands of drug decriminalization, leaving the BC NDP to deal with the fallout. My latest in @TheOrcaBC @Glacier_Media: www.theorca.ca/commentary/rob-shaw-feds-wash-hands-of-drug-decriminalization-leaving-bc-ndp-to-face-fallout-8714336