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Major Studies of Drugs and Drug Policy
Canadian Senate Special Committee on Illegal Drugs
Volume I - General Orientation

Canadian Senate Special Committee on Illegal Drugs

37th Parliament, 1st Session
(January 29, 2001 - September 16, 2002)

Volume I - General Orientation

Table of Contents

VOLUME I

PART I - GENERAL ORIENTATION

CHAPTER 1 - OUR MANDATE

WORDING

ORIGINS

INTERPRETATION

CHAPTER 2 - OUR WORK

TWO WORKING PRINCIPLES

STATE OF KNOWLEDGE

Research Program

Expert Witnesses

The Challenge of Synthesis

TAKING OPINIONS INTO ACCOUNT

INTERPRETING IN LIGHT OF PRINCIPLES

CHAPTER 3 - OUR GUIDING PRINCIPLES

ETHICS, OR THE PRINCIPLE OF RECIPROCAL AUTONOMY

GOVERNANCE:  MAXIMIZING THE ACTIONS OF INDIVIDUALS

Collective governance

Governance of the self

The role of governance

CRIMINAL LAW AND THE LIMITS OF PROHIBITION

Requirement for distinctions

Criteria for distinction

Application to illegal drugs issues

SCIENCE OR APPROXIMATE KNOWLEDGE

CONCLUSIONS  

CHAPTER 4 - A CHANGING CONTEXT

CHANGES IN THE INTERNATIONAL SPHERE

Globalization and Integration

Difficulties of the Security Debate

From Anti-Drug Policies to Drug Policies

CHANGES IN CANADA

Judicial Activism

A National Crime Prevention Strategy

The Fight Against Organized Crime

A SOCIETAL DEBATE

PART II - CANNABIS: EFFECTS, TYPES OF USE, ATTITUDES

CHAPTER 5 - CANNABIS: FROM PLANT TO JOINT

ONE PLANT, VARIOUS DRUGS

CANNABIS ROADs

PROPERTIES OF CANNABIS

D9THC Concentrations

Pharmacokinetics

CONCLUSIONS

 

CHAPTER 6 - USERS AND USES: FORM, PRACTICE, CONTEXT

PATTERNS OF USE

Consumption by the population as a whole

Consumption among young people

Use patterns in other countries

Use Patterns in Europe

To summarize

PATTERNS AND CIRCUMSTANCES OF USE

Cannabis in History

Trajectories of Use

Factors Related to Use

To summarize

STEPPING STONE TOWARDS OTHER DRUGS?

CANNABIS, VIOLENCE AND CRIME

CONCLUSIONS

 

CHAPTER 7 - CANNABIS: EFFECTS AND CONSEQUENCES

EFFECTS AND CONSEQUENCES OF CANNABIS: WHAT WE WERE TOLD

ACUTE EFFECTS OF CANNABIS

CONSEQUENCES OF CHRONIC USE

Physiological Consequences of Chronic Use

Cognitive and Psychological Consequences

Behavioural and Social Consequences

TOLERANCE AND DEPENDENCE

Cannabis Dependence

Severity of Dependence

Tolerance

To summarize

CONCLUSIONS

 

CHAPTER 8 - DRIVING UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF CANNABIS

FORMS OF TESTING

EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA

Studies not involving accidents

Studies where an accident was involved

Epidemiological studies on youth

Risk assessment

EXPERIMENTAL STUDIES

Non-driving activities

While driving

CONCLUSIONS

 

CHAPTER 9 - USE OF MARIJUANA FOR THERAPEUTIC PURPOSES

HISTORY

CONTEMPORARY KNOWLEDGE

Therapeutic uses

Marijuana as a drug?

CURRENT THERAPEUTIC PRACTICES

CONCLUSIONS

 

CHAPTER 10 - CANADIANS' OPINIONS AND ATTITUDES

THE MEDIA

SURVEYS

ATTITUDES AND OPINIONS SHARED WITH THE COMMITTEE

CONCLUSIONS

 

 

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