Without a doubt. People who are suffering are criminalized and it doesn't help them. It fills the jails. It fills the courts. It gives the police way more work than they want, and at the end of the day it doesn't help them.
February 26th, 2019 / 4:20 p.m.
Chief Coroner, Office of the Chief Coroner, British Columbia Coroners Service
Without a doubt. People who are suffering are criminalized and it doesn't help them. It fills the jails. It fills the courts. It gives the police way more work than they want, and at the end of the day it doesn't help them.
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