It's been five years since the province of B.C. declared opioid-related overdose deaths as a public health emergency. Activists and advocates have been urging governments for the decriminalization of drugs. Yet, little has been done to implement this evidence-based approach. Carol sat down with Rumneek to talk about what the decriminalization of drugs would look like in practice.

Thank you to today's experts: Scott Bernstein (@scott_bern) from the Canadian Drug Policy Coalition (@CANdrugpolicy), and Caitlin Shane (@caitlin_Ona) from Pivot Legal Society (@pivotlegal).

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