A drug treatment court for addicts could be operating in Calgary by January now that a city committee has given its support -- including $60,000 -- for a two-year pilot program.
Ald. Druh Farrell, who drafted the motion, had asked for $100,000 in seed money for the court for each of the next two years.
Instead, council's community and protective services committee decided to ask the mayor to write a letter of support to the province for the specialized court.
Is this a step in the right direction or just more of the same War on Drugs lunacy?
And a link to Hansard. It sounds to me like they want to offload a federal responsibility onto the provinces. They want to keep their commitment to criminilizing drug users rather than offer treatment or a safe drug supply.
Does anybody else have any thoughts on this?
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