Legalizing Cannabis in Canada: Regulate, Educate, Mitigate and Innovate
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2017-11
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McNutt, Kathleen
Childs, Jason
Hartner, George
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Abstract
The legalization of marijuana, whether as a point of public debate or explicit policy action, has been on the public mind in Canada for decades. It reaches back to the 1969 LeDain Royal Commission on the non-medical use of drugs. Among its recommendations was repeal of the criminal law prohibiting possession of cannabis.
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