Well, according to the NDP-appointed Human Rights Commissioner:
FIRST READING: B.C. human rights chief declares that it's colonialist to stigmatize drug use
Overdose crisis is 'rooted in colonial approaches that prioritize individualism over community, wealth over health and power over empathy'
Author of the article: By Tristin Hopper
Published Nov 18, 2025
Just as B.C. officially acknowledges that decriminalizing drugs was a mistake, its own human rights commissioner has issued a statement saying that any return to stigmatizing illicit drug use is racist, colonialist and a violation of human rights...
https://nationalpost.com/opinion/b-c-hum...t-its-colonialist-to-stigmatize-drug-use
No doubt prosecuting people for theft that feeds their habit s some sort of settler stigmatization too.
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