The Vancouver Police Department says last week’s seizure of marijuana from an opioid-replacement kiosk at the Downtown Eastside market was not a raid, but a “very fair and balanced approach” to trafficking of illegal substances in public spaces.
On Friday, Sarah Blyth, a Vancouver city council candidate and founder of the front-line Overdose Prevention Society, said VPD officers entered the market at 62 East Hastings St. and took all the cannabis that was on display at the High Hopes Foundation kiosk.
The Overdose Prevention Society operates a supervised consumption site for drug users in the Downtown Eastside, while the High Hopes Foundation provides opioid users with free cannabis to reduce their dependence on powerful opioids such as heroin and fentanyl.
bit.ly/2rRVqbB via @VancouverSun
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