Federal government's own polling showed many Canadians were worried about drug decriminalization

Months before B.C. sought to scale back its drug decriminalization pilot project, the federal government's own polling suggested to officials that a majority of Canadians believed the policy would lead to an increase in overdoses. 

Federal government's own polling showed many Canadians were worried about drug decriminalization
A white powder and some pills are strewn amid other drug paraphernalia.

Months before B.C. sought to scale back its drug decriminalization pilot project, the federal government's own polling suggested to officials that a majority of Canadians believed the policy would lead to an increase in overdoses.