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Windsor, Ont., police now charging people using illegal drugs in public despite prosecution uncertainty

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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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