Constituency Referendum #9: Bill C-45, the Cannabis Act (2017 Fall)

Fall 2017

www.scottreid.ca/BillC-45

Resources from the Office of Scott Reid, M.P.:

• Announcement of Constituency Referendum #9 on Bill C-45, the Cannabis Act (News release)
• PDF version of Scott Reid’s mail-out — Constituency Referendum #9
• News release: Scott Reid’s vote in favour of Bill C-45 at second reading (June 8, 2017)
• News release: Results of Constituency Referendum #9 (November 27, 2017).
• Interview with Scott Reid on marijuana legalization (by BJ Siekierski, iPolitics.ca, January 6, 2015)
• Scott Reid’s policy on marijuana legalization (published in Policy Options, 2001)

Parliamentary resources:

• Bill C-45, the Cannabis Act (as introduced by the government at first reading)
  • Bill C-45, the Cannabis Act (as amended by the Standing Committee on Health)
  • Bill C-45, the Cannabis Act (as passed by the House of Commons).
• Report on C-45 by the Standing Committee on Health (presented to the House of Commons on October 5, 2017)
  • Study on C-45 by the Standing Committee on Health (including transcripts of meetings and briefs submitted to the committee)
• Legislative Summary of Bill C-45, prepared by the Library of Parliament
• Links to debate on Bill C-45 in the House of Commons
• 2014 – Report of the Standing Committee on Health – Marijuana’s Health Risks and Harms
• 2002 – Report of the House of Commons Special Committee on Non-Medical Use of Drugs
• 2002 – Report of the Senate Special Committee on Illegal Drugs – Cannabis

Government of Canada resources:

• Final Report of the Task Force on Cannabis Legalization and Regulation (November 2016)
• News release from the Minister of Health on introduction of Bill C-45 (April 13, 2017)
• Backgrounders from the Office of the Minister of Health (April 13, 2017)
  • Government Backgrounder #1 (legalizing and regulating cannabis)
  • Government Backgrounder #2 (changes to impaired driving laws — Bill C-46)
  • Government Backgrounder #3 (governmental roles and responsibilities)
• Canada’s National Anti-Drug Strategy

Some groups and material supportive of Bill C-45:

• Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH)
• Canadian Drug Policy Coalition (CDPC)
• Canadian Nurses’ Association (CNA)
• Canadian Public Health Association

Some groups and material opposed to Bill C-45:

• Canadian Medical Association
• Canadian Association of Chiefs of Police
• Too Far – Too Fast Coalition (Ontario Safety League)
• Smart Approaches to Marijuana Canada
• REAL Women of Canada

Selected submissions to the Health Committee on Bill C-45:

• Canadian Paediatric Society – Adolescent Health Committee – Cannabis and Canada’s children and youth
• Canadian Centre on Substance Use and Addiction (CCSA)
• Canadian Cancer Society
• Jodie Emery
• RAND Drug Policy Research Center
• Canadian Medical Cannabis Council
• Saskatchewan Ministry of Justice
• Canadian Association of Medical Cannabis Dispensaries
• Toronto Public Health Department
• Canadian Hemp Trade Alliance

Additional information about cannabis / marijuana and legalization:

• 2015 – International Centre for Science in Drug Policy (ICSDP) — Using Evidence to Talk About Cannabis
• Hannah Laqueur (2014). “Use and Abuses of Drug Decriminalization in Portugal” Law and Social Inquiry: Journal of the American Bar Foundation
• David Martin, An Overview of Present and Future Drug Testing, The Journal of Global Drug Policy and Practice (2010)
• 2014 World Drug Report (United Nations Office on Drugs). See also previous versions of this report.
• Marijuana Policy in Colorado (Cato Working Paper, 23 October 2014)
• Federal Proposals to Tax Marijuana: An Economic Analysis (United States. Congressional Research Service, 13 November 2014)
• State Marijuana Legalization Initiatives: Implications for Federal Law Enforcement (United States. Congressional Research Service, 4 December 2014)
• State Legalization of Recreational Marijuana: Selected Legal Issues (United States. Congressional Research Service, 13 January 2014)
• Marijuana: Medical and Retail—Selected Legal Issues (United States. Congressional Research Service, 25 March 2014)
• Options and Issues Regarding Marijuana Legalization (Rand Corporation. 21 January 2015)
• Considering Marijuana Legalization: Insights for Vermont and Other Jurisdictions (Rand Corporation. 16 January 2015)
• Multinational overview of cannabis production regimes (Rand Corporation) Report commissioned by the Netherlands Ministry of Security and Justice, 23 December 2013)
• Steven A. Vitale (2014). “’Dope’ Dilemmas in a Budding Future Industry: An Examination of the Current Status of Marijuana Legalization in the United States” University of Miami Business Law Review, 23(1): 131-176
• Rachel Ann Barry, Heikki Hilamo, Stanton A. Glantz (2014). “Waiting for the Opportune Moment: The Tobacco Industry and Marijuana Legalization” The Milbank Quarterly, 92(2): 207-242
• Glenn Greenwald, Drug Decriminalization in Portugal: Lessons for Creating Fair and Successful Drug Policies, Cato Institute, Washington, 2009
• Government of the Netherlands, Toleration policy regarding soft drugs and coffee shops
• Australian Government, Australian Institute of Criminology, Australian threshold quantities for ‘drug trafficking’: Are they placing drug users at risk of unjustified sanction?, March 2014