Drug Crime in BC

        The other day Mr.Young asked the class about drug related crime in BC and our opinion on whether it was increasing or decreasing. I had originally thought that it was increasing but not to the degree that was revealed later. Drug and drug related crime is up 10% in the province of BC. Drug crime has always been a problem in a province that is renowned for having the best marijuana. Marijuana use is at an all-time high but the other surprise is that cocaine possession, trafficking, importing, and exporting is up 19% since 2002. There isn't one main reason that drug use is but but there are several broad reasons. Drug use is widely tolerated among many members of the public and now there is a sense acceptability among drug users. With a larger population of the public actively using drugs there is a higher demand for them. The higher demand has created more people trafficking, importing and exporting drugs. With the long ocean coast line in BC and a very limited number of Coast Guard ships (3), importing/exporting is much easier than south of the boarder in the United States. This is enabling people to transport drugs much easier than it would be to bring it across the boarder using trucks or cars. All of these have had an effect on making the drug crime in B.C. higher than ever.