A research report recommends the city seeks an exemption for drug decriminalization and that police avoid charging people with possession.
Barbara Fornssler’s University of Saskatchewan-based research team is recommending that city police — in addition to making a decriminalization application to the federal government under Canada’s health laws — also immediately instruct its officers to avoid charging people found with personal amounts.
Saskatoon Police Service report headed to the board of police commissioners’ meeting agenda on ThursdayLast summer, the commissioners asked Saskatoon police to prepare a report examining possible new models for responding to drug use in the city.Article contentPolice in its report provided an overview of decriminalization and statistics related to charges for simple possession of drugs.
The P5 report looks at how addressing housing, safe drug supply, treatment and decriminalization would help stabilize people who use drugs. The report recommends that various agencies and organizations work together on a plan to tackle substance use and to develop an exemption request, alongside people who use substances, who are affected by these policies.
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