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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