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  • A tale of two jurisdictions. Can Australia and Canada learn from each other’s experience with cannabis control?

    Author(s)
    Kisely, S
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    Kisely, Steve R.
    Year published
    2005
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    Objective: To compare public health and legal policies to reduce the harm associated with cannabis use in Canada and Australia, given similarities between both countries. Method: A review of the epidemiological and health policy literature. Results: Although both countries have adopted harm minimization, a continued heavy reliance on legislative and punitive approaches in both Canada and Australia has failed to arrest the increase in cannabis use, especially among young people. A Senate inquiry in Canada has recommended the liberalization of laws on the possession and use of cannabis, while tightening legislation against ...
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    Objective: To compare public health and legal policies to reduce the harm associated with cannabis use in Canada and Australia, given similarities between both countries. Method: A review of the epidemiological and health policy literature. Results: Although both countries have adopted harm minimization, a continued heavy reliance on legislative and punitive approaches in both Canada and Australia has failed to arrest the increase in cannabis use, especially among young people. A Senate inquiry in Canada has recommended the liberalization of laws on the possession and use of cannabis, while tightening legislation against operating vehicles or machinery while intoxicated. Conclusions: Existing policies are not evidence-based and lead to adverse outcomes such as criminalization of otherwise law-abiding citizens and diversion of resources from more effective policing or health service initiatives.
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    Journal Title
    Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry
    Volume
    39
    Issue
    2
    DOI
    https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1440-1614.2005.01537.x
    Subject
    Biomedical and clinical sciences
    Clinical sciences not elsewhere classified
    Psychology
    Cognition
    Publication URI
    http://hdl.handle.net/10072/29126
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