| Hans-Günter Meyer-Thompson | International
Kanada. BC Government Keeps On Caving to Anti-Harm Reduction Pressure
Kanada. BC Government Keeps On Caving to Anti-Harm Reduction Pressure
British Columbia’s government continues to cede ground on harm reduction, as an emboldened opposition, chasing victory in the province’s October 19 general election, expands its array of targets.
Right-wing opposition politicians are going after programs that provide basic tools to keep people safer, such as sterile needles and pipes. And the government—fearing electoral defeat, amid neck-and-neck opinion polls—is seeking to appease the right at the expense of drug-user health. (Filter, USA,
https://filtermag.org/british-columbia-government-harm-reduction/