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Canadian Government Commission of Inquiry - Cannabis Report

Cannabis 

The Report of the Canadian Government Commission of Inquiry into the Non-Medical Use of Drugs - 1972

Canadian Government Commission of Inquiry into the Non-Medical Use of Drugs, published by Information Canada, Ottawa, Canada, 1972, Crown Copyrights Reserved

Zip file of the entire report - about 1,024K

See also:  The Interim Report

Contents
Figures and Tables page xi

Note to Reader page xiii

1.    Introduction     

2.    Cannabis and Its Effects     

3.    Legal and Illegal Sources and Distribution of Cannabis

4.    Patterns and Extent of Cannabis Use 

5.    The Law 

6. Conclusions and Recommendations 

Conclusions and Recommendations of Gerald Le Dain, Heinz Lehmann, J. Peter Stein

Conclusions and Recommendations of Marie-Andree Bertrand

Conclusions and Recommendations of Ian L. Campbell

Appendices 

Appendix A: Convictions and Sentences Involving Cannabis in 1970 and 1971

Appendix B: Commissioners and Staff

References and Selected Bibliographies 

Glossary   

Figures and Tables


Figure
The Structures of Dominant Cannabinoids    18

Figure 2
Numbering Systems for the Tetrahydrocannabinols    19

Figure 3
Cannabis Sativa L    20

Table I
Qualitative Analyses of Illicit Cannabis Samples In Canada    26-27

Table 2
Quantitative Analyses of Some Illicit Cannabis Samples    28-29

Table 3
Cannabis Seizures, In Pounds, Between 1968 and 1971 As Reported by
the R.C.M. Police    170

Table 4
Approximate Wholesale Value of R.C.M. Police-Reported Cannabis
Seizures Between 1968 and 1971    170

Figure 4
Major International Cannabis Routes Terminating In Canada    174

Table 5
Cannabis Use: Estimates of Proportions Who Began Use, Were Using, Had Ever Used, and Had Apparently Terminated Use, by Year and Survey   
Table 6
Range of Dispositions in Fifteen Hypothetical Cases    251


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