Premier Wab Kinew said his government will introduce legislation to lock up people who are high on methamphetamine longer than the current legal limit of 24 hours.

“This law that we’re looking at is about responding to the meth crisis,” Kinew said Thursday when asked about the legislative agenda for the fall sitting that begins Oct. 1.

“It’s based on what we’ve been hearing from police and from doctors and from experts. But, most importantly, it’s based on what we’ve been hearing from you who are fed up with seeing people having a fistfight with themselves on Main Street,” he told reporters after announcing his government’s economic strategy.

The Intoxicated Persons Detention Act allows for 24-hour detention. Kinew pointed out it was written at a time when alcohol was the most damaging

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