Science: 1, Ideology: 10000

This must be making Harper's and Clements' blood boil. A BC Supreme Court judge has granted BC's safe injection site, Insite, a permanent exemption under the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act. Indeed, Justice Ian Pitfield ruled that allowing addicts to inject their illegal drugs in a safe, medically supervised environment--rather than on the street--is a matter of pragmatic healthcare. As a result of this decision, the federal government will have one year to reform the laws against possession and trafficking to accommodate safe injection sites or have them become null and void as unconstitutional. Finally, it looks like there will be no more periods of uncertainty and frustration for  the users and  staff of Insite as Harper and Clement play politics--pondering whether or not to grace the site with another tenuous exemption.

F*ck ya. It is really nice to see pragmatism and sound science win out over ideology and fear-mongering in the never-ending struggle to see sound drug policy in Canada!

Check out these previous posts, for more background on Insite and the Harper government's anti-science attitude.

Comments

[DMFB]

I think I speak for everyone when I say I really hope someone in the government drags their heels on this and all our drug laws are declared null and void next year, at least for like a week or so. That would certainly make Alberta easier to live in, anyway.

[Jewel]

*dance* *dance*

Huzzah!

[BD]

It's all fine until the Conservatives use this to rant about "interventionist judges".