'It wasn't working': Canada province ends drug decriminalization

"I was first arrested for drug possession when I was 19, and it changes your life," said Mullins, who is now in his 50s and was an early backer of Canadian province British Columbia's decriminalization program that ended on Saturday. "That time served inside can add up for a lot of people. They do a lifetime jolt in a series of three‑month bits," he told AFP. BC's three-year experiment with drug decriminalization, which launched in 2023 and shielded people from arrest for possession of up to 2.5 grams of hard drugs...