I think we all agree that we do not want to criminalize people by virtue of their personal drug use. Those days are gone. We want to support a health-led approach. The problem is, as I said earlier, that the devil is in the details. Quite frankly, police warnings were not heeded in the first instance.
We have situations in which, technically, people could use under 2.5 grams of a variety of illicit substances in a licensed establishment as long as the licensee allowed them to and they weren't contravening any smoking bylaws, for example. That opens up a whole can of worms for police, potentially. If you have a nefarious business owner who has a licensed establishment, technically you could have a situation of an 18-year-old who can use cocaine—assuming the licensee allowed them to do that—but can't order a beer.
These are all things we raised prior to decriminalization taking effect that we don't feel were adequately addressed.
However, we strongly support the notion of not trying to arrest ourselves out of this crisis. That is not going to save lives. In fact, it does quite a bit of harm if it's somebody with a significant addiction that they need medical help with or somebody who needs support. The last thing they need is to be introduced into the criminal justice system.