Cannabis : report of the Senate Special Committee on Illegal Drugs / president, Pierre Claude Nolin ; vice-president, Colin Kenny.

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Canada. Parliament. Senate. Special Committee on Illegal Drugs

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online resource

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9781442672680
1442672684
9780802086303
0802086306

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Electronic books.

Additional physical formats: Print version:: Cannabis.DDC classification:

345.71/0277 22

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HV5822.C3 C33 2003eb

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Contents:

General orientation -- Our mandate -- Our work -- Guiding principles -- A changing context -- Cannabis: effects, types of use, attitudes -- Cannabis: from plant to joint -- Users and uses: form, practice, context -- Cannabis: effects and consequences -- Driving under the influence of cannabis -- Use of marijuana for therapeutic purposes -- Canadians' opinions and attitudes -- Policies and practices in Canada -- A national drug strategy? -- The national legislative context -- Regulating therapeutic use of cannabis -- Police practices -- The criminal justice system -- Prevention -- Treatment practices -- Observation on practices -- Public policy options.

Summary: Should the use of cannabis be decriminalized or legalized? If so, how should it be legislated, and for whom? Although Western nations have sought to address these questions for decades, there has never been a thorough and comprehensive study of the subject. A special committee of the Canadian senate sought to rectify this, and when their report was made public, it astonished observers with its audacious recommendations. Important scientific resources were used for the committee's purposes: the investigations of 23 international researchers based on 200 interviews; the work of Canadian specialists working in an array of disciplines; and a large number of discussion groups. The essential recommendations of the report are found in this book. The Senate committee proposes new perspectives on illicit drugs, calling for a rational new political view that does not marginalize users. With innovative scientific investigation and bold recommendations, this report, prefaced by Senator Nolin, is an indispensable tool in the national and international debate surrounding cannabis.

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Includes bibliographical references (pages 217-229).

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Should the use of cannabis be decriminalized or legalized? If so, how should it be legislated, and for whom? Although Western nations have sought to address these questions for decades, there has never been a thorough and comprehensive study of the subject. A special committee of the Canadian senate sought to rectify this, and when their report was made public, it astonished observers with its audacious recommendations. Important scientific resources were used for the committee's purposes: the investigations of 23 international researchers based on 200 interviews; the work of Canadian specialists working in an array of disciplines; and a large number of discussion groups. The essential recommendations of the report are found in this book. The Senate committee proposes new perspectives on illicit drugs, calling for a rational new political view that does not marginalize users. With innovative scientific investigation and bold recommendations, this report, prefaced by Senator Nolin, is an indispensable tool in the national and international debate surrounding cannabis.

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