British Columbia’s three-year trial aims to address its opioid crisis. The legislation has been welcomed, but some think it’s still too conservative.
, a drug class not on the allowed list, which means that police can still arrest people who may not know that their supply has been mixed. And finally, and perhaps most disappointingly, there’s that threshold: 2.5 grams.
The lower threshold simply doesn’t reflect how people actually use drugs—one size does not fit all. Increased drug tolerance in people who have used for a significant period of time, shared purchasing between multiple people for affordability, and the short-lasting nature of fentanyl—a synthetic opioid that is up to 50 times more potent than the heroin often found in the illicit drug market—all mean that people often carry more than 2.5 grams.
The threshold also means that it disproportionately targets people who require a higher amount of a substance to sustain their use. “You can build policies, and they can be really progressive policies. But if you don’t build them in the right way, you can actually increase the level of inequity across society,” says Werb.
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