Canada’s Pacific coast province of British Columbia is ending its three-year experiment in decriminalizing possession of small amounts of drugs ...

The three-year pilot program did not deliver the results hoped for, the health minister said. It had allowed drug users to ...

The three-year pilot project, which allowed people to be in possession of small amounts of illicit drugs, began on Jan. 31, ...

In 2024, B.C. started walking back on it, making illicit drug use illegal in public spaces. It worked with the federal ...

A Canadian province announced Wednesday that it would not renew a controversial but pioneering drug decriminalization program ...

Opposition parties slammed the NDP government on its drug policy after Minister Josie Osborne announced the end of drug ...

British Columbia won't be renewing its agreement with Health Canada that allowed for the decriminalization of small amounts ...

Some people on the front line of B.C.'s toxic drug crisis say they're worried the province is moving backwards with its move ...

An advocate who helped shape B.C.’s drug decriminalization pilot says she is “greatly disappointed” by the province’s ...

Province won’t apply to extend its exemption from federal Controlled Drugs and Substances Act, Health Minister says ...

An exemption to the federal Controlled Drugs and Substances Act granted to B.C. by Health Canada allows adults to possess up ...

Despite the hard work and good intentions behind the pilot, it has not delivered the results we hoped for,” says Health ...