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Originally Posted by GenWhy?
I've been out of the loop on this since it launched, but I don't recall the federal exemption making drug consumption decriminalized.
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BC had a three-year Criminal Code exemption for personal possession of drugs like heroin, cocaine and methamphetamines and for use in public (edit: up to 2.5 grams). The NDP ended the pilot early and they asked the Feds to end the exemption, but the exemption was there for quite a while.
Also, BC has always been relaxed about drug use. Police has traditionally looked the other way. This back and forth with hard drugs is going to make that attitude worse. Now that it's criminalized again, it'll take a while before enforcement catches up. You don't go from heroin in public use being okay one day to I'm going to arrest you if you don't put that away the other, specially in BC.
btw, even with the exemption backtrack, there are exceptions to it: from my understanding, if you're homeless, you can still shoot up wherever you're camped at, legally.
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