Political Science Social Policy
High Time
The Legalization and Regulation of Cannabis in Canada
- Publisher
- McGill-Queen's University Press
- Initial publish date
- Mar 2019
- Category
- Social Policy, General
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Paperback / softback
- ISBN
- 9780773556416
- Publish Date
- Mar 2019
- List Price
- $26.95
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Hardback
- ISBN
- 9780773556362
- Publish Date
- Mar 2019
- List Price
- $110.00
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eBook
- ISBN
- 9780773557246
- Publish Date
- Mar 2019
- List Price
- $26.95
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Description
Canada will become the first G7 country to legalize cannabis, and the world is watching. The primary concern facing the Liberal government as it seeks to fulfill its 2015 campaign promise to “legalize, regulate, and restrict access to marijuana” is whether it can be done without making the situation worse. As the Liberal platform pointed out, the current regime lets illegal cannabis fall into the hands of minors, pours large profits into organized crime, and traps many people in the criminal justice system for what is arguably a victimless crime. While the legalization of marijuana in Canada begins with a straightforward change of the criminal code, its ramifications go far beyond this. Legalization will have a serious impact on the country's international treaty commitments, interprovincial relations, taxation and regulatory regimes, and social and health policies. The essays in this book address these outcomes from three main perspectives: the decades-long political path to legalization; the assumptions that underwrite the new policy, in particular the desire to stamp out the black market; and how legalization in Canada looks in an international context. Bringing together analysis by policy makers and scholars, including the architect of marijuana legislation in Portugal – a trailblazing jurisdiction – High Time provides an urgent and necessary overview of Canada's Cannabis Act.
About the authors
Andrew Potter is the coauthor of the international bestseller Nation of Rebels. A journalist, writer, and teacher, he lives in Toronto. Follow him on Twitter (@jandrewpotter).
Daniel Weinstock holds the Canada Research Chair in Ethics and Political Philosophy in the Department of Philosophy of the University of Montreal. He is also the Founding Director of the Centre de recherche en éthique de l’Université de Montréal. He has written extensively on a wide range of issues in political philosophy, including democratic theory, multiculturalism and global justice. He was awarded the Pierre-Elliott-Trudeau Prize in 2004, and the André-Laurendeau Prize in 2006.
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