B.C. ends drug decriminalization, but is that enough?

“If someone voluntarily wants to get help, I am your biggest champion,” she counters. “I want you to walk into any door and to be able to say, ‘I want detox today, and I need to go to treatment, and I’d like lifelong support and counselling if I need it, and a nice place to live that’s drug-free and safe for me.’ But for those who cannot make that choice, and their life is a spiral of criminal charges — you know terrorizing your community and ultimately hurting yourself — we have to find other more, maybe intrusive, interventions.”