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BRITISH COLUMBIA WILL STOP PROSECUTING PEOPLE FOR CARRYING SMALL AMOUNTS OF DRUGS DUE TO OVERDOSE

VANCOUVER, Jan 31 (Reuters) - The western Canadian province of British Columbia on Tuesday began a three-year pilot program to stop prosecuting people for carrying small amounts of heroin, meth, ecstasy, or crack cocaine, as part of an effort to fight a drug overdose crisis.