There is little question the public is beginning to conclude decriminalization is not worth its downsides.
The opposition BC United party raised the matter in the provincial legislature during a recent Question Period. The party’s mental health critic, Elenore Sturko, highlighted the case of a nurse onwho returned to work after maternity leave and was exposed to smoke from illicit drugs. Apparently, the exposure was so bad she sought emergency care and was instructed to stop breastfeeding her infant child.
And who needs to work in an environment where you’re advised to not seize drugs – or weapons! – from patients? “Staff: DO NOT remove personal items from the patient’s room, even if there is a knife or something considered as a weapon under long,” theIt goes on: “We do not restrict visitors if we suspect patients are bringing in substances. Only restrict if they are violent, intoxicated or posing a problem. We don’t restrict if they’re dropping off substances or suspect of the same.