Decriminalization

2. The type of judicial law that can construct a safer supply market (hint: two words, Cannabis Act)
4. The illicit ____ ____ is the main factor that drives the overdose rate. (hint: a process of production and distribution of goods)
9. Medicine or substance with physical effects when consumed or injected into one’s body
11. The leading cause for drug-related deaths. It is when one consumes an excessive and harmful amount of drugs
12. The amount of time granted for the exemption of criminal charges against someone owning small portions of hard drugs for personal use
13. The first province in Canada to decriminalize small portions of hard drugs for personal use
15. People who criticized the government’s decisions
16. Although small quantities of hard drugs for personal use are decriminalized, illicit drugs are still not considered ____

1. For decades, people have been told that drugs are ____
3. A place where you are not exempt for possess any amount of drugs (hint: planes)
5. The ____ quantity for the exemption of illicit drugs is 2.5 grams
6. To deal or trade something that is illegal
7. “Substance use is a public _____ issue, not a criminal one”
8. The level of government in Canada that granted the decriminalization of illicit drugs to B.C.
10. A place where you are not exempt for possess any amount of drugs (hint: education)
14. Decriminalization is a method to approach drug use as a health issue instead of a _____ offence