‘Craziest thing I’ve ever heard,’ Doug Ford says of decriminalizing drugs in Toronto
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Ontario Premier Doug Ford says Toronto's application to decriminalize drugs is the 'craziest thing' he's ever heard and he plans to do everything he can to fight it.
Ontario Premier Doug Ford says Toronto’s application to decriminalize drugs is the “craziest thing” he’s ever heard and he plans to do everything he can to fight it.
Ford made the remarks during an interview with radio host Alex Pierson on 640 Toronto Friday.
The premier discussed a number of topics during the interview, including safe injection sites and Toronto’s application to have drugs decriminalized in the city for personal use.
On the topic of decriminalizing drugs, Ford said it’s the “craziest thing I’ve ever heard.”
“Go out to Vancouver, go out to San Francisco,” he said, referring to those cities’ drug crises.
“I will do everything I can to fight this. Again, this goes up to the federal government. They cannot be following up with the request.
Earlier this year, Toronto updated its decriminalization request to the federal government, clarifying it wants a Health Canada exemption to cover young people as well as adults, and all drugs for personal use.
The city’s submission, an update to its initial January 2022 request, indicates Toronto wants the federal agency to go further than the exemption it recently granted to British Columbia under the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act.
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