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Bold Experiment or Safety Risk? Canada Is Divided on How to Stop Drug Deaths.
British Columbia’s partial retreat from an experiment to decriminalize drug possession reveals a political shift in Canada over combating the opioid crisis.
By Vjosa Isai and Alana Paterson