Prime Minister Justin Trudeau would not back decriminalization of drugs as a public-health response to the country's escalating opioid crisis, insisting on Wednesday that the approach, while raised as an option by advocates and medical officials across the country, is not a "silver bullet'' solution. "I think in any crisis like this, there is not one silver bullet," the prime minister told The Early Edition on Wednesday. Last week, Ottawa also announced steps toward promised changes to federal drug policy, including funding to look at improving supervised consumption sites. Asked how much political pushback from the Opposition was influencing his hesitation on decriminalization, the prime minister replied, "very little." LISTEN | Prime Minister Justin Trudeau talks decriminalization of drugs:

Source: CBC News September 02, 2020 15:46 UTC