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Canada: Pot Probers Muse On Decriminalization
ccguide Saturday 04 May 2002 Pubdate: Fri, 03 May 2002 Source: Vancouver Sun (CN BC) Copyright: 2002 The Vancouver Sun Contact: Website: http://www.canada.com/vancouver/vancouversun/ Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/477 Author: Kristen Vernon, Vancouver Sun POT PROBERS MUSE ON DECRIMINALIZATION OTTAWA -- Evidence presented to a Senate committee looking at Canada's illegal drug policy points to a possible decriminalization of marijuana. "We're questioning prohibition as an effective way or policy to control a substance," committee chair Senator Pierre Claude Nolin said Thursday. "We think that prohibition is not an effective policy method to reach an objective. We even don't know what is the objective," he said. "Should we control the use? Or should we control the abuse of it? Or are we in both sides?" The committee, which was set up to review Canada's anti-drug laws and policies on cannabis, released an interim report Thursday and will hold a series of public hearings across the country, aiming for final recommendations in August. While the committee offered no recommendations, scientific and expert opinions suggest the effect of cannabis on users' health is "relatively benign," according to the report. Using cannabis can increase the risk of lung cancer, although the report states that "research has yet to distinguish between the effects of cannabis and tobacco." - --- MAP posted-by: Jay Bergstrom
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