5.9 References & Media Attributions

References

Ahman, S. (May 18, 2023). Bill C-5: Canada’s Failure to Address the Mass Incarceration of Indigenous Peoples – Part 2. British Columbia Civil Liberties Association (BCCLA). https://bccla.org/2023/05/bill-c-5-canadas-failure-to-address-the-mass-incarceration-of-indigenous-peoples-part-2/

Bennett, J. (January 5, 1974). Le Dain Commission of Inquiry into the Non-Medical Use of Drugs tables fourth & final report. CMA Journal, 110, 106-108. http://beatles.ncf.ca/LeDain-1974-Summary.pdf

Bennett, D. & Bernstein, S. (2013). Throwing away the keys: The human and social costs of mandatory minimum sentences. PIVOT. https://www.pivotlegal.org/throwing_away_the_keys_the_human_and

Bill C-5: An Act to amend the Criminal Code and the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act. (2022). 1st Reading December 7, 2021, 44th Parliament, 1st Session. https://www.parl.ca/DocumentViewer/en/44-1/bill/C-5/second-reading

Canada. (n.d.). Cannabis in Canada: Get the facts. Canada.ca. https://www.canada.ca/en/services/health/campaigns/cannabis/canadians.html

Canada. (2016a). The Final Report of the Task Force on Cannabis Legalization and Regulation. https://www.canada.ca/content/dam/hc-sc/healthy-canadians/migration/task-force-marijuana-groupe-etude/framework-cadre/alt/framework-cadre-eng.pdf

Canada. (2016b). The New Canadian Drugs and Substances Strategy. https://www.canada.ca/en/health-canada/news/2016/12/new-canadian-drugs-substances-strategy.html

Canada. (2018a). Pillars of the Canadian drugs and substances strategy. https://www.canada.ca/en/health-canada/services/publications/healthy-living/pillars-canadian-drugs-substances-strategy.html

Canada. (June 2018b). Tobacco and Vaping Products Act. https://www.canada.ca/en/health-canada/services/health-concerns/tobacco/legislation/federal-laws/tobacco-act.html

Canadian Drug Policy Coalition (CDPC). (March 2, 2020a). Outcomes of our current approach to substances. https://gettingtotomorrow.ca/2020/03/02/outcomes-of-our-current-approach-to-substances/

Canadian Drug Policy Coalition (CDPC). (October 7, 2020b). Discussion guide: Getting to tomorrow: Ending the overdose crisis, beyond COVID-19. https://gettingtotomorrow.ca/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Discussion-Guide-EN.pdf

CBC. (n.d.a) Le Dain report on drugs divides cabinet. CBC Archives. https://www.cbc.ca/archives/entry/ledain-report-on-drugs-divides-cabinet

CDC. (n.d.). Definition of policy. https://www.cdc.gov/policy/analysis/process/definition.html

Community Toolbox. (n.d.). Section 3. Developing multi-sector task forces or action committees for the initiative.  https://ctb.ku.edu/en/table-ofcontents/structure/organizational-structure/multisector-task-forces/main 

Health Canada. (September 5, 2018). Background document: Public consultation on strengthening Canada’s approach to substance use issues. https://www.canada.ca/content/dam/hc-sc/documents/services/substance-use/canadian-drugs-substances-strategy/strengthening-canada-approach-substance-use-issue/strengthening-canada-approach-substance-use-issue.pdf

Health Canada. (May 1, 2021). Report #1 Recommendations on alternatives to criminal penalties for simple possession of controlled substances. Expert Task Force on Substance Use. https://www.canada.ca/content/dam/hc-sc/documents/corporate/about-health-canada/public-engagement/external-advisory-bodies/reports/report-1-2021/report-1-HC-expert-task-force-on-substance-use-final-en.pdf

Jensen, E. & Gerber, J. (1993). State efforts to construct a social problem: The 1986 war on drugs in Canada. Canadian Journal of Sociology, 18(4), 453-462. https://doi-org.ledproxy2.uwindsor.ca/10.2307/3340900

Le Dain, G., Lehmann, H., & Stein, P. (1972). The Report of the Canadian Government Commission of Inquiry into the Non-Medical Use of Drugs Conclusions and Recommendations. Marijuana Business News. https://www.druglibrary.org/schaffer/library/studies/ledain/ldc6a.htm

Merriam-Webster. (2021a). Commission. https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/commission

Merriam-Webster. (2021b). Committee. https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/committee

Nolin, C. & Kenny, C. (September 2002a). Cannabis: Our position for a Canadian public policy – Report of the Senate Special Committee on Illegal Drugs. Senate Canada. https://sencanada.ca/content/sen/committee/371/ille/rep/repfinalvol1-e.htm

Nolin, C. & Kenny, C. (September 2002b). Cannabis: Our position for a Canadian public policy – Report of the Senate Special Committee on Illegal Drugs Summary. Senate Canada. https://sencanada.ca/content/sen/committee/371/ille/rep/summary-e.htm

Ontario. (n.d.). e-Laws definitions. https://www.ontario.ca/laws/e-laws-definitions

Owusu-Bempah, A & Luscombe, A. (May 21, 2021). Race, cannabis & the Canadian war on drugs: An examination of cannabis arrest data by race in five cities. International Journal of Drug Policy, 91. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.drugpo.2020.102937

Poulos, B. (November 25, 2019). Quebec is wrong to raise it legal cannabis age to 21. The Conversation. https://theconversation.com/quebec-is-wrong-to-raise-its-legal-cannabis-age-to-21-127429

Riley, D. (November 1998). Drugs and drug policy in Canada: A brief review and commentary. Senate Canada.  https://sencanada.ca/content/sen/committee/362/ille/rep/rep-nov98-e.htm

Taha, S., Maloney-Hall, B. & Buxton, J. (August 19, 2019). Lessons learned from the opioid crisis across the pillars of the Canadian drugs and substances strategy. Substance Treatment, Prevention & Policy, 14(32). https://doi.org/10.1186/s13011-019-0220-7

Toronto Health. (April 2018). Quick facts: Canada’s drug laws & strategies. https://www.toronto.ca/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/970c-Canadas-Drug-Laws-Strategies.pdf

Torsney, P. (December 2002). Interim Report of the Special Committee on Non-Medical Use of Drugs. House of Commons. https://www.ourcommons.ca/Content/Committee/372/SNUD/Reports/RP1032296/snudrp01/snudrp01-e.pdf

Zhang, J. (January 3, 2021). Criminalization vs. public health: The legacy of Canada’s racially based drug laws. PP+G Review. https://ppgreview.ca/2021/01/03/criminalization-vs-public-health-the-legacy-of-canadas-racially-biased-drug-laws/

Media Attributions 

Canada. (2016). Canadian Drugs and Substances Strategy. Health Canada. https://www.canada.ca/content/dam/hc-sc/healthy-canadians/migration/publications/healthy-living-vie-saine/drugs-substances-strategy-2016-strategie-drogues-autre-substances/alt/pub-eng.pdf

Canadian Centre on Substance Use and Addiction (CSUCH). (2021). Canadian substance use costs & harms. https://csuch.ca/publications/CSUCH-Canadian-Substance-Use-Costs-Harms-Ontario-Infographic-2021-en.pdf

Canadian Drug Policy Coalition (CDPC). (March 12, 2021). Outcomes of our current drug policies [Video]. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MdyDCTgi28Q

Canadian Institute for Substance Use Research (CISUR). (November 19, 2015). Professor Susan Boyd: An illustrated history of Canadian drug policy & prohibition [Video]. YouTube. https://youtu.be/3tF2gp2QgF0

CBC. (n.d.b). Le Dain tables final report recommending decriminalization of marijuana [Video]. CBC Archives. https://www.cbc.ca/player/play/1627328995/

Holland-Penney, J. (March 2022). Contemporary Canadian drug policies (1960s-Present) [Video]. Prezi. https://prezi.com/p/un63aivkgg5m/?present=1  

SFU Public Square. (July 31, 2020). Susan Boyd: Colonial history and racial stereotypes are deeply entrenched in Canadian drug policy [Video]. YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8cEu2HfKy84 

The Drug Users Bible. (October 27, 2020). Stop the drug war artistic collage [Photograph]. Wikimedia Commons. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Stop_The_Drug_War_Artistic_Collage.jpg

Cover Photo: Erickson, P. & Hathaway, A. (October 2019). Cannabis gavel Canadian flag [Photograph]. Scientia. https://www.scientia.global/professor-patricia-erickson-professor-andrew-hathaway-cannabis-use-the-new-normal/