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Canadian Senate
Special Committee on Illegal Drugs
37th Parliament, 1st Session
(January 29, 2001 - September 16, 2002)
Volume III - Public Policy Options
Table of Contents
VOLUME
III
PART IV
- PUBLIC POLICY OPTIONS
CHAPTER
19 - THE INTERNATIONAL LEGAL ENVIRONMENT
A
GENEALOGY
The 1909
Shanghai Conference
The 1912
Hague International Opium Convention
The 1925
Geneva Opium Conventions
The 1931
Geneva Narcotics Manufacturing and Distribution Limitation Convention / 1931
Bangkok Opium Smoking Agreement
The 1936
Geneva Convention for the Suppression of the Illicit Traffic in Dangerous Drugs
The
Second World War
The 1946
Lake Success Protocol
The 1948
Paris Protocol
The 1953
New York Opium Protocol
Multilateral Agreements on Narcotics and Psychotropic Substances
THE
THREE CURRENT CONVENTIONS
The
Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs, 1961
Convention
on Psychotropic Substances
Protocol
amending the Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs, 1961
Convention
against Illicit Traffic in Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances
SOME
LEEWAY?
CONCLUSIONS
CHAPTER
20 - PUBLIC POLICIES IN OTHER COUNTRIES
FRANCE
Different
Forms of Logic
An
Integrated Public Policy
Legislative
Framework
Key
Reports
Statistics
on Use and Offences
Costs
THE
NETHERLANDS
Dutch
Pragmatism?
Essential
Experts Reports
Legislation
The
Coffee Shop System
Data on
Use
UNITED
KINGDOM
Ten-Year
Strategy to Battle Drugs
Legislative
Framework
Other
Relevant Legislation in the Field of Drug Misuse
Debate
in the UK
Recent
Key Reports and Studies
Administration
Costs
Statistics
SWEDEN
National
Strategy
Legislative
Framework
Debate
in Sweden
Recent
Reports
Costs
Administration
Statistics
SWITZERLAND
A Harm
Reduction Policy
The
Legal Framework
A Bill
to Decriminalize Cannabis
Administration
of Swiss Drug Policy
Statistics
on Narcotics Use and Offences under the Narcotics Act
AUSTRALIA
National
Drug Strategy
Legislative
Framework
Decriminilization
in Australia
Administration
Statistics
UNITED
STATES
The
Federal-State Legislative Framework
Current
Legislation and Enforcement
Federal
Drug Policy Goals and Objectives
Administration
of the Policy
Current
Issues and Debates
Statistics
CHAPTER
21 - PUBLIC POLICY OPTIONS
INEFFECTIVENESS
OF CRIMINAL POLICIES
Impact
on Consumption
Impact
on Supply
Conclusion
GENERAL
ECONOMY OF A PUBLIC POLICY ON CANNABIS
COMPONENTS
OF A PUBLIC POLICY
Strong
Decision-making Body
Interconnection
A Shared
Definition of Shared Objectives
Information
Tools
LEGISLATIVE
OPTIONS
Clarification
of criminology
Criteria
for a Legal Policy on Cannabis
CONCLUSIONS
AND RECOMMENDATIONS
LE DAIN
- ALREADY THIRTY YEARS AGO
INEFFECTIVENESS
OF THE CURRENT APPROACH
PUBLIC
POLICY BASED ON GUIDING PRINCIPLES
Recommendations
A CLEAR
AND COHERENT FEDERAL STRATEGY
NATIONAL
STRATEGY SUSTAINED BY ADEQUATE RESOURCES AND TOOLS
A PUBLIC
HEALTH POLICY
A
REGULATORY APPROACH TO CANNABIS
A
COMPASSION-BASED APPROACH FOR THERAPEUTIC USE
PROVISIONS
FOR OPERATING A VEHICLE UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF CANNABIS
RESEARCH
CANADA'S
INTERNATIONAL POSITION
PROPOSALS
FOR IMPLEMENTING THE REGULATION OF CANNABIS FOR THERAPEUTIC AND RECREATIONAL
PURPOSES
BIBLIOGRAPHY
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