{
  "id": 8268378,
  "title": "Windsor, Ont., police now charging people using illegal drugs in public despite prosecution uncertainty",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/18/windsor-ont-police-now-charging-people-using-illegal-drugs-in-public",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-18T15:08:48.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "CBC News",
    "slug": "cbc-news",
    "url": "https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/windsor/open-drug-use-charges-windsor-9.7349323"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "For years, federal lawyers have been instructed to avoid prosecuting people who openly use illegal drugs in public. Now, Windsor, Ont., police are stopping to arrest them. Here's why the service decided to lay charges and track how many cases make it through the courts.",
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      {
        "outlet": "CBC Canada",
        "title": "Windsor, Ont., police now charging people using illegal drugs in public despite prosecution uncertainty",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/18/windsor-ont-police-now-charging-people-using-illegal-drugs-in-public-8272809",
        "published": "2026-09-18T15:08:48.000Z"
      }
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}