A Langley-based cannabis company claims that it has received federal government permission to produce up to 250 grams of cocaine.
Although the licence was issued by Health Canada, a federal agency, the press release references the recent decriminalization in B.C. of small amounts of hard drugs for personal use. The decriminalization, authorized by Ottawa, is aimed at reducing overdose deaths, and does not legalize the sale or production of cocaine, heroin, or fentanyl.
NDP Premier David Eby was asked about the announcement and how it fit into the government’s approach to mental health and addictions. Solicitor General Mike Farnworth replied for the government, defending the new regulations that decriminalize small amounts of hard drugs for personal use, while also indicating that the NDP didn’t condone or plan to authorize commercial sales of cocaine.
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