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Canada is a producer and exporter of both cannabis and ecstasy, a trend that harsher penalties for those caught has failed to stop. [19] Recently, the idea of drug courts has gained popularity in Canada, numbering in the hundreds. These drug courts attempt to divert those that violate controlled drugs regulations from prisons into treatment ...
Variations of drug liberalization include drug legalization, drug relegalization, and drug decriminalization. [1] Proponents of drug liberalization may favor a regulatory regime for the production, marketing, and distribution of some or all currently illegal drugs in a manner analogous to that for alcohol , caffeine and tobacco .
The Controlled Drugs and Substances Act (French: Loi réglementant certaines drogues et autres substances) is Canada's federal drug control statute. Passed in 1996 under Prime Minister Jean Chrétien's government, it repeals the Narcotic Control Act and Parts III and IV of the Food and Drugs Act, and establishes eight Schedules of controlled substances and two Classes of precursors.
Canada’s government said Tuesday it will allow British Columbia to try a three-year experiment in decriminalizing possession of small amounts of drugs, seeking to stem a record number of ...
Canada's federal government is considering decriminalization of the possession of opioids and other illicit drugs in its efforts to tackle a spiraling overdose crisis, a government official said ...
The Narcotic Control Act (French: Loi sur les stupéfiants), [1] [2] passed in 1961, was one of Canada's national drug control statutes prior to its repeal by the 1996 Controlled Drugs and Substances Act. It implemented the provisions of the Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs.
Drug policy in the Netherlands is based on two principles: that drug use is a health issue, not a criminal issue, and that there is a distinction between hard and soft drugs. It was also one of the first countries to introduce heroin-assisted treatment and safe injection sites . [ 40 ]
Canada is the second country (after Uruguay) to legalize the drug. [33] As expected, the use of cannabis for recreational purposes became legal across the country on October 17, 2018, under the Cannabis Act. [34] Persons aged 18 or older can possess up to 30 grams of dried or “equivalent non-dried form” in public.