Legislative options for cannabis use in Australia

Commonwealth of Australia 1994

Monograph No. 26

CONTENTS

• Executive Summary
  
• Chapter 1: Introduction
  
• Chapter 2: Policy goals
  
• Chapter 3: Cannabis in context: history, laws and international treaties
  • Definitions
  • Cannabis in History
  • Development of international treaties
  • Inquiries into drug use and trafficking
  • Australian laws
  • Overseas Legislation
  • Current International Treaties
  • Total Prohibition
  • Partial Prohibition
  • Regulatory Option
  • Free Availability
    
• Chapter 4: Five legislative options for cannabis in Australia
  • Introduction
  • Option 1: Total prohibition
  • Part A: The United States
    • Pragmatic rationales
    • Philosophical rationales
    • Outcomes
    • Conclusion: The USA Approach
  • The Netherlands
    • Pragmatic rationales
    • Philosophical rationales
    • Outcomes
    • Conclusion - the Dutch Approach
  • Conclusion - The Total Prohibition Options
  • References

• Chapter 5: Diversion and compulsory treatment
  • Introduction
  • Australian Capital Territory
  • South Australia
  • New South Wales
  • Victoria
  • Western Australia
  • United States
  • New Zealand
  • Other Countries
  • Compulsory treatment for drug users
  • Civil Commitment in the US
  • TASC Programs in the US
  • Summary of Findings
  • Conclusion
  • References
    
• Chapter 6: Evaluating new legislative approaches to cannabis
  
• Chapter 7: Conclusion
  
• Appendix 1. The medicinal use of cannabis
  
• Appendix 2. Industrial and horticultural uses of cannabis
  
• Appendix 3. The authors