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Addiction workers urge Quebec to decriminalize simple drug possession

Possession simple de drogues: le saut de puce du fédéral

Possession simple de drogues: le saut de puce du fédéral
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Montreal City Council Will Debate Decriminalizing Simple Drug Possession On January 25

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." Editor s Choice: Montreal Researchers Have Found An Oral Drug That Can Help Treat COVID-19 “ 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

Montreal councillors call on city hall to ask Ottawa to decriminalize simple drug possession

  MONTREAL A motion introduced at city council calls on Mayor Valerie Plante to join other Canadian cities in asking the federal government to decriminalize simple drug possession for personal use. Federal data shows the COVID-19 pandemic has led to more deaths due to overdose in the first eight months of 2020 than in all of 2019. This has prompted cities such as Vancouver and Toronto to make a request to the Federal Minister of Health Patty Hajdu to issue an exemption from the federal law criminalizing simple drug possession. The exemption would fall under an existing provision in the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act that allows for, as an example, safe injection sites to operate.

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