CRIM 332 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Prussian P 8, Medical Cannabis, Methamphetamine
8 Dec 2017
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Crim 332 lecture 10 regulation vs. criminalization- the case of drug control. Outline: cannabis marijuana, reefer madness, charging, public opinion, harper v. trudeau, legal challenges. P3: reefer madness 1936, 1970s marijuana warning. No one believes that,(cid:499) (arper said (cid:498)the reality is that we have kids who find it easier to buy marijuana than cigarettes and beer,(cid:499) trudeau responded. Tax revenue: ubc and sfu 2012 study, value of bc marijuana purchases at around half a billion dollars each year, population of marijuana users to be about 366000, retail cost to be about . 5 per gram. Legal challenges: medical use, r. v. parker (2000) and r. v. krieger (2006, s. 7 rights, violating s. 7 charter right. Should not punish people who use it for the medical purpose: marijuana medical access program in 2006, recreational use, r. v. clay (2003, scc dismissing the claim; no fundamental right to use the recreational use of marijuana.
