Madam Speaker, I have spoken to police chiefs in this country who have called for the decriminalization of drugs and for a new diversion approach. They have said they could then use their resources to go after drug traffickers, the people who are causing harm in our communities, rather than those who use drugs, as they are the very people we want to help.
We should regulate all drugs according to their respective harms, if we truly believe in that evidence, because the toxicity of our drug supply is what is killing people. Simply going after the traffickers is not going to stop that either.