What is the impact of long standing drug addiction on the poor?
British Columbia, Canada
The following excerpt is from R. v. Tessier, 2018 BCPC 212 (CanLII):
Long standing addicts are generally poor: they cannot work because of their addiction (see, eg, Canada v. PHS, referenced supra). The drugs must be paid for, somehow. Almost inevitably, an addict will commit a crime to pay for the drugs, usually by selling themselves, selling drugs or stealing. That is part of the steady stream of case in provincial courts. It is not a real choice. It is inevitable.
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