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B.C.’s drug decriminalization experiment didn’t change overdose deaths: study

National Post · September 14, 2026 at 6:00 a.m.

British Columbia's contentious experiment decriminalizing fentanyl, cocaine and other hard drugs was hailed by provincial health leaders as a "vital" means of keeping people from dying from drug overdoses.

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