Thank you for explaining what addiction is. Let me explain that stigmatizing people and creating misery with neo-liberal economic policies are both core factors of why one out of every five Canadians is addicted. The fact is that with any approach we might have in terms of criminalization, people are still having addictions. It's a human behaviour. It will not disappear. We have to do what science and lived experience tells us is best to help people and reduce this problem, and this is not by stigmatizing and criminalizing them.
On October 22nd, 2024. See this statement in context.