Henry's attempts to make drugs as easily available as candy has become a liability for a government still reeling from the effects of its failed drug policies

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You could probably hear the groans echoing through most B.C. NDP offices on Thursday, as Bonnie Henry, the provincial health officer, recommended that meth should be sold in stores without a doctor’s note.

Henry released a report declaring that stores need to start stuffing their shelves with meth, cocaine and other highly addictive drugs, in order to combat the addictions crisis. The report was predictable — and rightfully — panned as bewildering, if not utterly insane.

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Within hours of news of the report spreading, the NDP government rejected its recommendations. It turns out even the NDP have drawn a line they dare not cross in the face of an increasingly skeptical public and just months away from a provincial election.

With a sputtering economy, rampant drug use and an affordability crisis, the NDP’s hold on power seems tenuous, especially in an era in which incumbent governments are losing elections around the world.

Polls show the B.C. Conservatives running neck-and-neck with the incumbent NDP. Mainstreet Research’s latest poll even has the Conservatives ahead on Vancouver........

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