Constitutional challenge to decide fate of provincial government's restrictions on public drug use

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The B.C. Court of Appeal denies bid to appeal an injunction against Bill 34, leading to a constitutional challenge on the provincial government's restrictions on public drug use. Public Safety Minister Mike Farnworth expresses disappointment while Premier David Eby argues for the need to regulate hard drugs.

The fate of the provincial government’s restrictions on public drug use will be decided through a constitutional challenge, after an unsuccessful attempt to appeal an injunction against the legislation. The B.C. Court of Appeal on Friday denied a bid from Crown prosecutors to appeal a December decision by the B.C. Supreme Court that imposed a three-month injunction on Bill 34 on the grounds that the law would cause “irreparable harm.

” Public Safety Minister Mike Farnworth said he’s disappointed with the court’s decision. Premier David Eby said it’s common sense that if the government can regulate alcohol and tobacco, “surely we can put rules in place in relation to hard drugs.” “We’ll be making that argument in court to the judge as quickly as we can because we think it’s an important issue,” Eby said Monday, during an unrelated news conference in Victoria. “I think British Columbians understand that we can have compassion about addiction and mental-health issues while having standards and rules around where is and isn’t appropriate for drug use.” B.C

 

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