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Police chiefs, public health authorities, NDP, Greens increasingly united around calls for drug decriminalization amid overdose uptick

'In the pandemic, during the lockdowns, people are using alone a lot more, which is partly why we’ve seen a big spike in overdose deaths,' says Green Party MP Paul Manly, who also pointed to increases in tainted drugs during COVID-19 supply-chain disruptions.

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BY MIKE LAPOINTE
September 3, 2020

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