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NDP MLA “deeply concerned” about discouraging hard drug use in schools

A British Columbia NDP MLA says she is “deeply concerned” about “explicitly discouraging drug use” in schools.

Alex Zoltan
Oct 21, 2025
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A British Columbia NDP MLA says she is “deeply concerned” about “explicitly discouraging drug use” in schools.

The comments came on Monday in the legislature from B.C. NDP MLA for Ladysmith–Oceanside Stephanie Higginson. She said she will not support the Drug Use Prevention Education in Schools Act because she finds “explicitly discouraging…

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