Nanaimo city council votes against motion criticizing provincial drug policy

A motion panning provincial drug policy wasn’t popular at the Nanaimo city council table this week.
Coun. Ian Thorpe, at a meeting Monday, Dec. 1, asked that council send a letter to the provincial government asking that it “re-examine its philosophy regarding the ongoing drug addiction crisis and resulting mental health and street disorder issues.”
The proposed letter would have stated that decriminalization and enabling drug use at consumption sites fails to provide long-term