04413nam 2200613 450 991046020890332120200520144314.01-4426-2794-810.3138/9781442627949(CKB)3710000000324269(EBL)4670022(MiAaPQ)EBC4670022(DE-B1597)465548(OCoLC)1013955546(OCoLC)944178889(DE-B1597)9781442627949(Au-PeEL)EBL4670022(CaPaEBR)ebr11256536(OCoLC)904376499(EXLCZ)99371000000032426920160924h20062006 uy 0engur|n|---|||||rdacontentrdamediardacarrierNot this time Canadians, public policy, and the marijuana question, 1961-1975 /Marcel MartelToronto, [Ontario] ;Buffalo, [New York] ;London, [England] :University of Toronto Press,2006.©20061 online resource (288 p.)HeritageDescription based upon print version of record.0-8020-9379-5 Includes bibliographical references and index.Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. 'A Growing Problem': Reporting and Measuring the Use of Illegal Drugs -- 2. 'We Can't Afford to Take a Neutral Position': Interest Groups and Marijuana Use -- 3. The Scientific Experts and Provincial Governments: Ontario, Quebec, British Columbia, and Prince Edward Island -- 4. Debating Marijuana Use: The Le Dain Commission, 1969-1973 -- 5. A Small Step beyond the Status Quo: The Federal Government and Recreational Drug Use -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Bibliography -- IndexDrugs are part of every society, consumed for ritual or religious purposes, for pleasure, to enhance athletic performance, or as a means to relieve pain. Throughout the twentieth century, however, an arbitrary and shifting distinction was made between legal drugs that were prescribed and administered by the medical profession, and illegal drugs that were subject to state control and suppression. Illegal in Canada since 1923, marijuana is the most controversial of illegal drugs. Because it lacks the same addictive and harmful qualities of other illegal substances, such as heroin and cocaine, marijuana's negative social impact is questionable. In the 1960s interest groups - including university student associations, certain physicians, and others -, began demanding changes to the Narcotics Control Act, which governed the legal status of drugs, to decriminalize or legalize the possession of marijuana. In Not This Time, Marcel Martel explores recreational use of marijuana in the 1960s and its emergence as a topic of social debate. He demonstrates how the media, interest groups, state institutions, bureaucrats and politicians influenced the development and implementation of public policy on drugs. Martel illustrates how two loose coalitions both made up of interest groups, addiction research organizations and bureaucrats - one supporting the existing drug legislation, and the other favoring liberalization of the Narcotics Control Act - dominated the debate over the legalization of marijuana, and how those favoring liberalized drug laws, while influential, had difficulty presenting a unified front and problems justifying their cause while the health benefits of marijuana use were still in question. Exploring both sides of the debate, Martel presents the invigorating history of a question that continues to reverberate in the minds of Canadians. Disclaimer: Images removed at the request of the rights holder.MarijuanaGovernment policyCanadaHistory20th centuryMarijuanaCanadaPublic opinionPublic opinionCanadaCanadaSocial policyCanadaPolitics and governmentElectronic books.MarijuanaGovernment policyHistoryMarijuanaPublic opinion.Public opinion362.29/5/097109046Martel Marcel1965-934279MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910460208903321Not this time2488811UNINA01119nam0 22003131i 450 SBL020701720231121125817.020171018d1971 ||||0itac50 baengcaz01i xxxe z01nPapyri from the Michigan CollectionJohn C. SheltonTorontoHakkert1971XVI, 132 p., 9 p. di tav.ill.31 cm.American studies in papyrology9001SBL06924442001 American studies in papyrology9Manoscritti greciFIRRMLC072493EPapirologiaFIRRMLC119384I091Manoscritti.22Shelton, John C.CFIV072687ITIT-0120171018IT-FR0017 Biblioteca umanistica Giorgio ApreaFR0017 NSBL0207017Biblioteca umanistica Giorgio Aprea 52S.SIJ. E5 ASP 9 52BUN0000003355 VMB RS A 2017101820171018 52Papyri from the Michigan Collection3636018UNICAS