Ready by:
Morris Rosenberg (President)
Dr. Oyedeji Ayonrinde
Dr. Patricia J. Conrod
Lynda L. Levesque
Dr Peter Selby
Desk of contents
Chapter 1: government abstract
context
After practically a century of prohibition, Canada turned the primary main developed nation to legalize and regulate hashish when the Hashish Act (the Act) got here into pressure in 2018. Canada's method to hashish has modified from the prohibition and criminalization of actions with hashish to at least one primarily based on regulated and managed entry to reduce dangers and hurt to people and communities.
In view of the wide-ranging impacts of the change from prohibition to authorized and controlled entry, Parliament established a requirement for the legislation to be reviewed 3 years after its entry into pressure.
In September 2022, the Minister for Well being and the Minister for Psychological Well being and Addictions and the Affiliate Minister for Well being appointed us as an unbiased Skilled Panel to hold out a overview. The mandate of the examination, established in article 151.1 of the Regulation, was to evaluate the administration and operation of the laws, particularly:
- impression of the Regulation on public well being and, particularly, on the well being and consumption habits of younger individuals relating to the usage of hashish
- the impression of hashish on indigenous individuals and communities
- impression of the cultivation of hashish vegetation in a residential home
Ministers additionally requested us to think about the next:
- financial, social and environmental impacts of the legislation
- progress in direction of offering adults with entry to strictly regulated, lower-risk authorized hashish merchandise
- progress made in deterring legal exercise and shifting the illicit hashish market
- impression of legalization and regulation on entry to hashish for medical functions
- impacts on Indigenous Peoples, racial communities and ladies, who could also be at higher threat of hurt or face higher boundaries to participation within the authorized trade primarily based on identification or socio-economic components.
We have been supported by the Legislative Assessment Secretariat, housed in Well being Canada, whose function was to offer administrative and analysis help. We want to thank the staff for his or her invaluable help by means of this course of.
Learn extra: https://www.canada.ca/en/health-canada/companies/publications/drugs-medication/legislative-review-cannabis-act-final-report-expert-panel.html
