Cannabis : : Report of the Senate Special Committee on Illegal Drugs.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter University of Toronto Press eBook-Package Backlist 2000-2013
• TeilnehmendeR: Nolin, Claude Pierre.
• Place / Publishing House: Toronto : : University of Toronto Press, , [2016]; ©2003
• Year of Publication: 2016
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (200 p.)

Should the use of cannabis be decriminalized or legalized? If so, how should it be legislated, and for whom? Although Western nations have sought to address these questions for decades, there has never been a thorough and comprehensive study of the subject. A special committee of the Canadian senate sought to rectify this, and when their report was made public, it astonished observers with its audacious recommendations.Important scientific resources were used for the committee's purposes: the investigations of 23 international researchers based on 200 interviews; the work of Canadian specialists working in an array of disciplines; and a large number of discussion groups. The essential recommendations of the report are found in this book. The Senate committee proposes new perspectives on illicit drugs, calling for a rational new political view that does not marginalize users. With innovative scientific investigation and bold recommendations, this report, prefaced by Senator Nolin, is an indispensable tool in the national and international debate surrounding cannabis.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Contents -- List of Figures and Tables -- Preface -- Introduction -- PART I. General Orientation -- PART II Cannabis: Effects, Types of Use, Attitudes -- PART III Policies and Practices in Canada -- PART IV Public Policy Options -- Conclusions and Recommendations -- Committee Members -- Glossary of Key Terms -- Notes