Has Canada lost its mind? Handing out crack pipes?!

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Crack users will be given pipes and the city will study whether to set up sites where addicts can use drugs under a wide-ranging drug strategy approved by city council yesterday.

The drug policy which also aims to reduce the concentration of bars in certain areas of the city passed by a 24-15 vote.

It urges the province to set up more treatment centres, especially for young people with drug and mental health problems, and says addicts should be eligible for provincial disability benefits. And it says possession of small amounts of marijuana shouldn't be a criminal offence.

The strategy sets no deadline for the study of safe injection sites and a committee will examine just where crack pipes will be handed out.