Journalists from Vancouver, B.C. spent some time on the streets of Portland, gauging the after-effects of Oregon’s Measure 110.
PORTLAND, Ore. — Casting about for ways to get a handle on entrenched problems with drug use and addiction, the Canadian province of British Columbia embarked early this year on a pilot program decriminalizing user amounts of drugs — something Oregon voters approved in 2020.
British Columbia covers the westernmost segment of Canada, forming Washington’s northern border. It houses the city of Vancouver, which is bigger than Portland by about 34,000 people.
Decriminalization in B.C. is supposed to be part of a multi-pronged approach to
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