He said the city didn’t feel comfortable waiting until legislation was in place, so council took action. Port Coquitlam Mayor Brad West acknowledged his municipality did pass a bylaw banning public drug use as a a way to “respond to a situation that we were experiencing in our community that we felt needed to be addressed.” We have to keep people alive in order to connect them to care and support and to treatment and then to a recovery pathway that is going to be sustainable for those individuals who are facing, who are dealing with, living with a chronic and relapsing condition.” ![]() “The nature of this crisis requires that we actually work across the whole continuum. She said the province is working toward new legislation around some of the issues this fall, noting that some communities have been connecting with the Public Safety Ministry. Whiteside said she’s been taking the time this summer to speak with mayors and communities across the province about some of the challenges they’re facing with the toxic drug crisis and the impacts of decriminalization that have “been either a perceived or real, in some cases, increase in public drug use that is in areas where there typically hasn’t been.” READ MORE: Nelson City Council’s ban on drug use in parks now in effect ![]() Nelson’s ban went into effect this week, while Port Coquitlam’s ban was approved in June. have either approved or are considering public drug use bans. The minister was at the meeting to discuss support for people and the issue of drug use in public spaces, which comes as several municipalities in B.C. Some people will make that first step many, many, many, many times,” Whiteside told the the Metro Vancouver Regional District’s mayors committee on Wednesday (Sept. ![]() “Part of the challenge with people who have addiction issues is that they don’t know what’s broken and it’s often a real requirement to be able to get to a place where you say I’m not prepared to live like this anymore and I need help, in order to make that first step. If people have a broken arm, they know what to do: go to the emergency department, get the arm set in a cast, heal and then possibly get some physical therapy.īut what about when that injury or recovery isn’t physically obvious? That’s something Mental Health and Addictions Minister Jennifer Whiteside said she thinks about a lot in the province’s toxic drug crisis.
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