In the agenda for Montreal s City Council on Monday, January 25, a "Non-partisan motion calling on the City of Montreal to urge the government to Canadian to decriminalize simple possession of drugs for personal use" is set to be debated.
A press release about the subject asks that the City of Montréal "undertake as quickly as possible steps to request a city-wide exemption from the Government of Canada to the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act."
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In Canada, there is a simple and immediate solution to the harms of punitive drug policies.
Richard Elliott, Executive Director of the HIV Legal Network
This motion is being discussed at a time when Montreal "is experiencing an unprecedented number of overdose deaths."
Last week, a virtual conference was held by the Association des intervenants en dépendance du Québec (AIDQ), the Association québécoise pou