RT Book
T1 Decrim: how we decriminalized drugs in British Columbia
A1 Stewart, Kennedy 1966-
LA English
PP Madeira Park, BC
PB Harbour Publishing
YR 2023
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1902712293
AB "A timely, insider account of an important and controversial step in British Columbia’s strategic effort to respond to the overdose crisis. Canada is in the middle of an opioid crisis. Since the province of British Columbia declared a public health emergency in 2016, more than 9,400 people have died of drug poisoning in BC—an average of six people a day—with nearly 1,500 apparent opioid-related deaths in the first eight months of 2022. In Decrim, Kennedy Stewart, mayor of Vancouver from 2018 to 2022, recounts historic progress in addressing this crisis. January 31, 2023, is the beginning of a three-year trial period for decriminalizing the possession of small amounts of hard drugs in British Columbia, a ground-breaking change in Canada’s approach to drug use. Kennedy Stewart has written Decrim to tell the story of how this remarkable policy change came about and the enormous challenges faced by those who fought for it—including its contribution to him losing his bid for mayoral re-election. In Decrim, Stewart lays out how ending the “war on drugs” and recognizing the overdose crisis as a public health issue will help reduce stigma related to substance use, increase access to health services, and decrease harms related to criminalization in British Columbia."--
NO Includes bibliographical references and index
CN HV5840.C32
SN 978-1-990776-30-4
K1 Drug legalization : British Columbia
K1 Drug legalization : Social aspects : British Columbia
K1 Narcotic laws : British Columbia
K1 Drug Abuse : British Columbia
K1 Drug Abuse : Social aspects : British Columbia
K1 Drogues - Légalisation - Colombie-Britannique
K1 Drogues - Légalisation - Aspect social - Colombie-Britannique
K1 Drogues - Droit - Colombie-Britannique
K1 Toxicomanie - Colombie-Britannique
K1 Toxicomanie - Aspect social - Colombie-Britannique
K1 POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / Health Care
K1 Drug Abuse
K1 Drug abuse - Social aspects
K1 Drug legalization
K1 Narcotic laws
K1 British Columbia
K1 British Columbia : Drogenkonsum : Entkriminalisierung