Note
These policy papers were originally presented at Fraser Institute Conferences in Vancouver, in April, 1998 and in Toronto, October 1998. The papers were revised and updated in 2001.
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Part of the collection of papers titled "Sensible solutions to the urban drug problem", edited by Patrick Basham. These policy papers were originally presented at Fraser Institute Conferences in Vancouver, in April, 1998 and in Toronto, October 1998. The papers were revised and updated in 2001.
Summary
Canada's drug laws, the laws prohibiting the possession, sale and distribution of certain psychoactive substances, were the greatest shame of twentieth-century criminal justice and promise to be even more destructive in this century. These laws have dishonoured the purpose of the criminal law - to contribute to the maintenance of a just, peaceful, and safe society. They have evolved instead into the tools for a modern-day witch hunt that greatly surpasses in excess even the communist witch hunts of the American McCarthy era.
Conference Meeting
Fraser Institute Conference (April 1998 : Vancouver, B.C.)
Fraser Institute Conference (October 1998 : Toronto, Ont.)