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Canadian Senate
Special Committee on Illegal Drugs
37th Parliament, 1st Session
(January 29, 2001 - September 16, 2002)
Volume II - Policies and Practices in Canada
Table of Contents
VOLUME
II
PART III
- POLICIES AND PRACTICES IN CANADA
CHAPTER
11 - A NATIONAL DRUG STRATEGY?
PHASE I
- DEVELOPMENT AND IMPLEMENTATION
Creation
of the Canadian Centre on Substance Abuse
Creation
of Canada's Drug Strategy Secretariat
PHASE II
- RENEWAL
PHASE
III - RENEWAL WITHOUT SPECIFIED FUNDING
CANADA'S
DRUG STRATEGY - A SUCCESS?
CONCLUSIONS
CHAPTER
12 - THE NATIONAL LEGISLATIVE CONTEXT
1908-1960:
HYSTERIA
Opium
Act, 1908
The
Opium and Narcotic Drug Act, 1911
Amendments
to the Opium and Narcotic Drug Act (1920-1938)
Amendments
to the Act to Amend the Opium and Narcotic Drug Act in 1954
Senate
Report of 1955
FROM
1960 TO THE LE DAIN COMMISSION: THE SEARCH FOR REASONS
Narcotic
Control Act (1961)
An Act
respecting Food and Drugs and Barbiturates (1961)
The Le
Dain Commission (1969-1973)
The special report on cannabis
Bill
S-19 and Cannabis
AFTER LE
DAIN: FORGING AHEAD REGARDLESS
Controlled
Drugs and Substances Act
Part I: Offences and Punishment
Part II: Enforcement
Part III – Disposal of Controlled Substances
Part III – Disposal of Controlled Substances
Part VI – General
CONCLUSIONS
CHAPTER
13 - REGULATING THERAPEUTIC USE OF CANNABIS
BACKGROUND
TO THE RECENT REGULATIONS
Section
56 - Controlled Drugs and Substances Act
Charter
Challenges - Therapeutic Use of Marijuana
Government
Reaction
MARIHUANA
MEDICAL ACCESS REGULATIONS
Authorization
to Possess
Licence
to Produce
Other
Provisions
COMPASSIONATE
ACCESS?
Eligibility
Access
to cannabis
Products
Costs
RESEARCH
PLAN
Scientific
Research
Research-Grade
Marijuana
CONCLUSIONS
CHAPTER
14 - POLICE PRACTICES
ENFORCEMENT
AGENCIES
RCMP
CHARGES
UNDER THE CONTROLLED DRUGS AND SUBSTANCES ACT IN 1999
TheCanada
Customs and Revenue Agency
Provincial
and Municipal Police
COSTS
POLICE
POWERS
Searches
and Seizures
Entrapment
and Illegal Activity
Conclusion
STATISTICS
Reported
Incidents
Charges
Concerns
Customs
Act - Fines
SEIZURES
CONCLUSIONS
CHAPTER
15 - THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM
PROSECUTION
COURTS
Drug
Treatment Courts
DISPOSITION
AND SENTENCING
Criminal record
CORRECTIONS
CRIMINAL
RECORD
COURT
CHALLENGES
CONCLUSIONS
CHAPTER
16 - PREVENTION
INITIATIVES
THAT FALL SHORT OF THE MARK
Not
enough prevention
Prevention
lacks focus
There is
not enough evaluation of preventive measures
Preventive
and social messages in contradiction
There is
a body of knowledge on which we have to draw
PREVENTING
WHAT AND HOW?
RISK
REDUCTION AND HARM REDUCTION
CONCLUSIONS
CHAPTER
17 - TREATMENT PRACTICES
CANNABIS
DEPENDENCY
FORMS OF
TREATMENT
EFFECTIVENESS
OF TREATMENT
CONCLUSIONS
CHAPTER
18 - OBSERVATIONS ON PRACTICES
DIFFICULTIES
IN HARMONIZING THE PLAYERS
INCONGRUITIES
OF APPROACH
SIGNIFICANT
ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COSTS
Conclusions
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