Yes

Certain drugs should be decriminalized. There are various natural substances that have cultural heritage that people should be allowed to utilize, even recreationally. A restructuring of the drug policy should be conducted.

Drugs are a significant problem in Canada, and harsher laws need to be enforced to keep streets clean.

no drugs should allowed unless you have a prescription for them which makes sense for you to have them

I am thinking about countries like Switzerland who have legalized drugs; there isn't a pandemic of drug use in that country. The money spent on police and incarceration is instead spent on helping addicts and their families. This is what I want for our country too.

Drug use is also a bad influence on kids. So not only are you slowly killing yourself, but you're encouraging kids to do the same thinking it's cool when it's just unhealthy.

Drug Policy is not a heavy use, matter of fact it's a really good use for your body and health AS LONG as you don't overdose it.

Why doesn’t the government provide more info on how easy it is to become a person who uses substances? Conservative governements want to alienate those populations when we have more in common with someone who is homeless than the rich assholes at the top.

Having worked near a safe injection site in Toronto, it is obvious that it hurt the surrounding area. Passers by are constantly verbally harassed and no one does anything. These sites have also caused a massive increase on the number of used needles on the ground and has made the overall area significantly less safe. They provide a location for dealers to sell drugs to addicts and a locations for addicts to gather.

To support a "Yes" position on drug policy reform, focusing on evidence, data, and statistics can be highly effective in demonstrating that such reforms are necessary and beneficial.

The "Yes" position on drug policy often advocates for legalization or decriminalization of drugs, typically based on arguments about personal freedom, harm reduction, and the failure of the war on drugs. While these points have validity, here’s a strong counter-argument to the "Yes" position:

The "No" Argument: The Risks of Legalization and Decriminalization
Public Health Concerns: While drug legalization might reduce incarceration rates, it could also increase drug use and abuse, leading to public health crises. Drugs like opioids, methamphetamines, and coc…  Read moreaine, even if used responsibly by some, can lead to addiction, overdose deaths, and long-term mental health issues. The increased availability of these substances could exacerbate addiction rates, resulting in a heavier burden on healthcare systems, social services, and families.

drugs cause harm to many people and with the use of those it causes harm to other people as people influenced by them can do stupid things

by decriminalizing drug use, you are inadvertently encouraging drug use by not punishing the consumption of them leading to potentially higher overdoses then what we have now and higher crime rates evolving from drug use.

To some people who have PTSD it is their only way to escape the trauma of what they have experienced.

I agree with @9GHR5BK when they said "Just because you don't die directly doesn't mean someone close to you can't die, millions of people a year all around the world die of drug overdose it is a big issue in communities and can affect younger generations too, it is important to do your research and stay away from harmful drugs that can kill you or damage your body."

Drugs need to be under control again and be illegal because it is getting out of hand. There needs to be stricter laws and even programs that help individuals.

While the Yes position on drug policy advocates for the legalization of drugs, it is important to consider the potential harm that this could cause. One of the main arguments for drug legalization is that it would reduce crime rates and decrease the burden on the criminal justice system. However, this argument ignores the fact that drug use can have serious negative consequences on society as a whole.

Drugs are a significant problem in Canada, and harsher laws need to be enforced to keep streets clean.

Drug users who go to jail are stripped of the drugs they have been using which by going off, could effect their life span or their ability to survive in jail conditions. They will be more reactive and angry at the people around them in a jail space.

For a sad example lets say a man buys cocaine from a new guy since his buddy got locked up and does the same amount as he's used to. Completely unaware 30% was crushed fentanyl and 15% was methamphetamines, as his friend watches him curl over in pain and vomit he just stands not knowing whether to call the police or take him to the hospital, freaking out now worried for his life making his heart race now he didn't know what to say to the police or nurses where to ditch the drugs making him less likely to live. This is a very terrible reality and the good samaritan act does help quite a bit it still leaves so many risks.

Drugs are a significant problem in Canada, and harsher laws need to be enforced to keep streets clean

Similar to the argument posed with regards to Gun Violence. Drugs should be banned entirely to prevent any possibility of drug related deaths.

Again, if you want me to provide data and put all that together for you, tell me how much you are willing to pay

Health care is one of our specialties in this country and we should not let that up even though there are negative acting drugs.

Drugs are a significant problem in Canada, and harsher laws need to be enforced to keep streets clean.

My counter argument is that if all drugs are legal may people not be afraid to do them because of the law and will either end up hurting themselves or doing it in parks or main streets or in front of schools.

Drugs should be banned because it can be really addicting and can affect the people's health. Additionally if given to children, it can ruin their future.

We shouldn't allow people to poison themselves with drugs I don't see how that helps anything at all.

I do not agree with this, why would we want our world around drugs, I mean teens too. They have been using so much drugs

I think there shouldn't be a drug policy since it makes people who are already addicted even wors and have to pay an extremely high price.

I had an uncle who was addicted to fentanyl and i saw how it affected him and our family. It tore everyone apart for a while. I think it needs to be a bit stricter so people take it more seriously.

I would talk about the easy access for drugs to kids now and from my position as a kid i would say that people can access them too easy

Decriminalizing drug use and approaching things from a harm-reduction point of view is the best way to go.

By permitting drug use ur promoting addiction, death and making it seem okay to our younger generation to start using.

drugs can be addicting and so it is easy for someone to get hooked and it can easily ruin someones life

Other than medicinal drugs and pharmaceuticals, there are very little benefits to legalizing drugs. People waste their lives and money trying to escape reality with the use of there drugs. Also when people overdose it uses up our medical resources. All recreational drugs should be illegal and laws against them should be enforced.

An issue with the decriminalization of hard drugs is it still does not get rid of the issue of the supply side. If they were not to be completely legal, the consumption itself is the only thing that gets changed. The distribution and production of the drugs would still be illegal. This would lead to an increased demand for these drugs, with the supply side either; needing to increase supply via higher production, which in turn can lead to drugs cut with unsafe substances; resulting in more overdoses, more fentanyl, and more destruction in our communities with drugs. The other result it can lead to is no increase in the supply, but an increase in price for these narcotics. As addicts of hard drugs will do whatever it takes in order to get said drugs, this can increase theft & crime in areas in which crime is currently increasing due to drugs.

I think that it is only ok for hospital/Pharmacy use of drugs is ok, people are sick and they need help, expesioly those with childeren doing drugs