Canada denies Toronto’s ask to decriminalise hard drugs

Last week, Ontario officials said in a letter that they would “under no circumstances” support decriminalising the small possession of illicit drugs in Canada’s largest city.”(It) would only add to crime and public drug use while doing nothing to support people struggling with addiction,” wrote Ontario’s Health Minister Sylvia Jones in a letter penned to Toronto officials.Toronto’s bid was supported by the Toronto Police Service and public health experts in the city.In a letter penned to Canada’s former mental health minister Carolyn Bennett last year, external, Ms de Villa and Toronto’s…