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 Canadian Senate
Special Committee on Illegal Drugs 
37th Parliament, 1st Session 
(January 29, 2001 - September 16, 2002)
Volume I - General Orientation
Table of Contents 
VOLUME I 
PART I -
GENERAL ORIENTATION  
CHAPTER
1 - OUR MANDATE 
WORDING 
ORIGINS 
INTERPRETATION
 
CHAPTER
2 - OUR WORK 
TWO
WORKING PRINCIPLES 
STATE OF
KNOWLEDGE 
Research
Program 
Expert
Witnesses 
The
Challenge of Synthesis 
TAKING
OPINIONS INTO ACCOUNT 
INTERPRETING
IN LIGHT OF PRINCIPLES  
CHAPTER
3 - OUR GUIDING PRINCIPLES 
ETHICS,
OR THE PRINCIPLE OF RECIPROCAL AUTONOMY 
GOVERNANCE:  MAXIMIZING THE ACTIONS OF INDIVIDUALS 
Collective
governance 
Governance
of the self 
The role
of governance 
CRIMINAL
LAW AND THE LIMITS OF PROHIBITION 
Requirement
for distinctions 
Criteria
for distinction 
Application
to illegal drugs issues 
SCIENCE
OR APPROXIMATE KNOWLEDGE 
CONCLUSIONS    
CHAPTER
4 - A CHANGING CONTEXT 
CHANGES
IN THE INTERNATIONAL SPHERE 
Globalization
and Integration 
Difficulties
of the Security Debate 
From
Anti-Drug Policies to Drug Policies 
CHANGES
IN CANADA 
Judicial
Activism 
A
National Crime Prevention Strategy 
The
Fight Against Organized Crime 
A
SOCIETAL DEBATE   
PART II
- CANNABIS: EFFECTS, TYPES OF USE, ATTITUDES 
CHAPTER
5 - CANNABIS: FROM PLANT TO JOINT 
ONE
PLANT, VARIOUS DRUGS 
CANNABIS
ROADs 
PROPERTIES
OF CANNABIS 
D9THC
Concentrations 
Pharmacokinetics 
CONCLUSIONS 
  
CHAPTER
6 - USERS AND USES: FORM, PRACTICE, CONTEXT 
PATTERNS
OF USE 
Consumption
by the population as a whole 
Consumption
among young people 
Use
patterns in other countries 
Use Patterns in Europe 
To
summarize 
PATTERNS
AND CIRCUMSTANCES OF USE 
Cannabis
in History 
Trajectories
of Use 
Factors
Related to Use 
To
summarize 
STEPPING
STONE TOWARDS OTHER DRUGS? 
CANNABIS,
VIOLENCE AND CRIME 
CONCLUSIONS 
  
CHAPTER
7 - CANNABIS: EFFECTS AND CONSEQUENCES 
EFFECTS
AND CONSEQUENCES OF CANNABIS: WHAT WE WERE TOLD 
ACUTE
EFFECTS OF CANNABIS 
CONSEQUENCES
OF CHRONIC USE   
Physiological
Consequences of Chronic Use 
Cognitive
and Psychological Consequences 
Behavioural
and Social Consequences 
TOLERANCE
AND DEPENDENCE 
Cannabis
Dependence 
Severity
of Dependence 
Tolerance 
To
summarize 
CONCLUSIONS 
  
CHAPTER
8 - DRIVING UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF CANNABIS   
FORMS OF
TESTING 
EPIDEMIOLOGICAL
DATA 
Studies
not involving accidents 
Studies
where an accident was involved 
Epidemiological
studies on youth 
Risk
assessment 
EXPERIMENTAL
STUDIES 
Non-driving
activities 
While
driving 
CONCLUSIONS 
  
CHAPTER
9 - USE OF MARIJUANA FOR THERAPEUTIC PURPOSES 
HISTORY 
CONTEMPORARY
KNOWLEDGE 
Therapeutic
uses 
Marijuana
as a drug? 
CURRENT
THERAPEUTIC PRACTICES 
CONCLUSIONS 
  
CHAPTER
10 - CANADIANS' OPINIONS AND ATTITUDES 
THE
MEDIA   
SURVEYS 
ATTITUDES
AND OPINIONS SHARED WITH THE COMMITTEE   
CONCLUSIONS 
  
  
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