Canadian Review of Social Policy (CRSP) / Revue canadienne de politique sociale (RCSP)
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Creating Postwar Canada: Community, Diversity and Dissent 1945-75, edited by Magda Fahrni and Robert Rutherdale
No full textMulticultural Educational Policies in Canada and The United States, edited by Reva Joshee and Lauri Johnson
No full textCanadian Public Opinion on Cannabis: How Far Out of Step With It Is the Existing Law?
No full textPublic attitudes in Canada are clecwly in fauour of loosening restrictions on cutnabis
possession. opinion polls conducted oorcr the past few yems show that most Canadiars
support decriminaliTing slmple possession cmd use of mmijtnna. Recent polls, moreo,uer,
saggest that more than half faonw fuII legaliTation. Support for legal access for heabh
pw'poses is higher; onll one in six adubs opposes this reform. National drug swueys
offer few fwrher details beyond the demogral>hic profiles that relatc to certain uiews. This
paper nkes a closer lnok at public opinion based on a random househokl survey of Toronto
arluhs (N=1 ,081). This allows us to identify adlinonal characteristics associated with
opinions about cmtnabis reform. Consistent with the findings from national drug surueys,
the maiority opposes the cwtent prohibition. Respondents also recogniTed potential
health concems in addition to aclnowledglng health benefits of ca.nabis and a uu.iety of
problens with the existlng ktw. Public attitudes u'e broadly 'hcnm reduction' oriented
szggestlng euidence-based, public heahh initiatiq.les would. go:rp.er wide support as a uiable
ahernatiq.te to qiminal conuols.
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Il ne fait auatn doute que les Cavhiens appuient le rel%oochement des restrictions concernant
Ia possesslon de cannabis. Les sondages d'opinion men6s au cotns des demiires
anndes rlotilent que In plupmt des Canadiens sont en fauern de la ddcriminalisation de la
simp/r possession et de h consommation de ma'ijunna. De plus, des sc.tndages rlcents indiquent que plus dc lnmoiti| des Cawdiens appuientlabgalisation delamartiurma.IJn
nomhe encore plus g|and de Cuvdiens appuient l'accd.s llgal d la marijwma pour des
raisons de santd. Seul wl adulte srr siI s'oppos e d ln r\forme des mestues liglslatites. ks
enqu rcs ncltionales sw la consommation de drogues fownissent seulement Etel4ues ren'
seignements de plw que les o[>inions de cernins groupes de personnes. Le pr€sent rapport
\tudie plus d fond L'opinion du public d pctrtir d'm d.chmtillon aliatoire d'adultes de
Toronto (n = 1 081). Cekt permet de cerner des cu'act1ristiErcs suppliment{tires associ6es
aux opinions concernu"Lt la rdforme des meswes liglslatives applicables au ccutnabis .
Comme l'indiqtrcnt les rdsulnts des enqu tes nationales sru la consommation de drogwes ,
la ptupnt des reponfumts s'opposent d l' interdiction actuelle . ils sont conscients des uou.
bles de santd possibles, des bienfaits du cannabis pow lt santA et des probhmes causds par
Ies lois en uigtettr. Dans I'ensemble,le public priuild.gie la . r\duction des mefaits , . Celn
laisse croire qu'il rdserverait un accu.eil fauorable aux initiatiues de santd publique foncl1.es
sw l.'expdrience clinique qui consntuent une solution de rechange qiable atu meswes de
contrlle des actiuitds cwminelles
Disability and Social Policy in Canada (Second Edition), edited by Mary Ann McColl and Lyn Jongbloed, 2006
No full textL'économie sociale au Québec: Cadre théorique, histoire, réalité et défis, edited by Martine D'Amours, 2006
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Visiting Grandchildren: Economic Development in the Maritimes, edited by Donald J. Savoie, 2006
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