Months before British Columbia sought to scale back its drug decriminalization pilot, the federal government's own polling suggested to officials that a majority of Canadians believed the policy would lead to an increase in overdoses. Photographs of overdose victims are displayed as members of Moms Stop the Harm mark International Overdose Awareness Day, in Vancouver, B.C., Thursday, Aug. 31, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck