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245 1 0 _aHigh time :
_bthe legalization and regulation of cannabis in Canada /
_cedited by Andrew Potter and Daniel Weinstock.
260 _aMontreal ;
_aKingston ;
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_aChicago :
_bPublised for the McGill Institute for Health and Social Policy by McGill-Queen's University Press,
_c(c)2019.
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520 0 _aCanada will become the first G7 country to legalize cannabis, and the world is watching. The primary concern facing the Liberal government as it seeks to fulfill its 2015 campaign promise to "legalize, regulate, and restrict access to marijuana" is whether it can be done without making the situation worse. As the Liberal platform pointed out, the current regime lets illegal cannabis fall into the hands of minors, pours large profits into organized crime, and traps many people in the criminal justice system for what is arguably a victimless crime. While the legalization of marijuana in Canada begins with a straightforward change of the criminal code, its ramifications go far beyond this. Legalization will have a serious impact on the country's international treaty commitments, interprovincial relations, taxation and regulatory regimes, and social and health policies. The essays in this book address these outcomes from three main perspectives: the decades-long political path to legalization; the assumptions that underwrite the new policy, in particular the desire to stamp out the black market; and how legalization in Canada looks in an international context. Bringing together analysis by policy makers and scholars, including the architect of marijuana legislation in Portugal - a trailblazing jurisdiction - High Time provides an urgent and necessary overview of Canada's Cannabis Act.
505 0 0 _aIn praise of political opportunism /
_rAndrew Potter --
_tCannabis legalization : preliminary political and policy concerns /
_rMalcolm Bird --
_tSame as it ever was : how Ottawa's approach to marijuana has replicated the colonialist approach to regulating tobacco and alcohol /
_rJared Wesley --
_tCannabis and conflict of interest : is it wrong for former public officials to profit from legalization? /
_rChris Macdonald --
_tWill age limits on the legal sale of marijuana really protect our kids? /
_rDaniel Weinstock --
_tThe public health case for cannabis legalization /
_rJF Crepault --
_tIs legalization a war on drugs by the back door? /
_rJacob Stillman --
_tUnequal justice : race and cannabis arrests in the post-legal landscape /
_rAkwasi Owusu-Bempah --
_tPaths of least jurisdictional resistance : federalism and missed opportunities for public health/harm reduction approaches to cannabis legalization /
_rAlana Klein --
_tHow should we tax cannabis in Canada? /
_rAnindya Sen --
_tHow legalization won't eliminate the black market /
_rStephen Easton --
_tLessons from prohibition for marijuana legalization /
_rStephen Devillaer --
_tCannabis and international law --
_tbarriers and opportunities /
_rRoojin Habibi --
_tThe Portuguese experience with decriminalization /
_rJoão Castel-Branco Goulão.
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650 0 _aCannabis
_xGovernment policy
_zCanada.
650 0 _aMarijuana
_xGovernment policy
_zCanada.
650 0 _aDrug legalization
_zCanada.
655 1 _aElectronic Books.
700 1 _aMcGill University.
700 1 _aPotter, Andrew,
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700 1 _aWeinstock, Daniel M.,
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856 4 0 _uhttps://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=2024430&site=eds-live&custid=s3260518
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