LS101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Harm Reduction, Emily Murphy, Barbiturate
8 Dec 2015
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Controlled drugs and substances act (federal): criminalizes use, production, sales of various prohibited substances. 8 schedules = list drugs and penalties (1 = being most dangerous drug) 4 = barbiturates, steroids offences: faking prescriptions, possessions (also for trafficking), production, laundering, conspiracy, organized crime. Opium act (1908): chinese brought smoking practice of opium. Emily murphy = condemns drug use, racist, lobbied for drug legislations (opium, narcotics, marijuana), deportation of aliens . Reagan (1968): advocated for harsher sentences on drugs in the u. s. , strong racist element (towards black and hispanic) Liberalist model: harm reduction model, legal/restricted of use of drugs, sees it as a.
