What is the difference between legalization and decriminalization of illicit drugs? (4 marks)

2. What are the perceived benefits of decriminalization? 

3. More specifically, why has British Columbia embarked on this strategy and what does it entail? (5 marks)

4. In what ways does the decriminalization of certain illicit drugs by British Columbia represent a major departure in Canadian Drug Policy. (5 marks)

5. The Portuguese Model of drug decriminalization has been praised for its effectiveness. In what ways do critics claim the British Columbia approach differs from that approach? (4 marks)

6. Other critics claim that British Columbia's experiment is essentially the same as that undertaken by Oregon, which they see as a failure. What are the potential reasons for the results in Oregon, that could serve as a lesson for British Columbia? (3 marks)

7. What do critics say about the potential effectiveness of decriminalization, when it comes to solving the problem of a surge in drug related deaths in British Columbia? (4 marks)

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/what-you-need-to-know-drugs-british-columbia- 1.6727814

https://www2.gov.bc.ca/gov/content/overdose/decriminalization

https://www.unodc.org/documents/ungass2016//Contributions/Civil/DrugPolicyAlliance/ DPA_Fact_Sheet_Approaches_to_Decriminalization_Feb2015_1.pdf

https://nationalpost.com/pmn/news-pmn/decriminalizing-hard-drugs-in-b-c-follows-decades-of-public- health-advocacy

https://nationalpost.com/opinion/drug-decriminalization-heroin-meth-b-c https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada-overdose-crisis-toxic-supply-decriminalization-1.6477015