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Prohibition / Drug Policy
Cannabis: Our Position for a Canadian Public Policy, Report of the Senate Special Committee On Illegal Drugs
In 2002, the Canadian Senate Special Committee On Illegal Drugs wrote this extensive report called "Cannabis: Our Position for a Canadian Public Policy". During their study of the issue, Senate Committee members visited the BCCCS to learn more about our model for dispensing medicinal cannabis. The report concludes that the harms associated with cannabis are due to its prohibition, and recommends that cannabis be legalized and regulated.... [...More]
Drug War Capitalism
Dawn Paley probes beneath the surface of the drug war in Colombia and Mexico. She explores the mechanisms employed, reports on the economic and human devastation, analyzes the possible reasons for continuing the war and suggests further areas of inquiry.... [...More]
Numbers Tell of Failure in Drug War
With chart available here.... [...More]
The Alternative World Drug Report: Counting the Costs of the war on drugs
After over 50 years, the current enforcement-led international drug control system is coming under unparalleled scrutiny over its failure to deliver the promised “drug-free world”, and for what the UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) describes as its negative “unintended consequences” on health, crime, development and human rights. It is unacceptable that despite acknowledging these negative impacts, neither the UN nor its member governments have meaningfully assessed them to establish whether they outweigh the intended consequences.... [...More]
Changing the Frame: A New Approach to Drug Policy in Canada
Leading experts in drug policy call on government to reject Bill C-10, rethink Canada's drug laws
Today, members of the Canadian Drug Policy Coalition (CDPC) released their foundational paper on drug policy reform outlining the Coalition's vision and plans for creating a new drug policy for Canada.... [...More]
