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- Title
Neglected and Rejected: A Case Study if the Impact of Social Research on Canadian Drug Policy.
- Authors
Erickson, Patricia G.
- Abstract
This article examines a specific policy topic, the formation of the new Canadian drug law. After four years, two governments, and three Parliamentry committees, the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act was proclaimed in May 1997. Despite a rich legacy of empirical research pointing drug policy in a new direction, away from aggressive criminalization, the new law reaffirms both the seriously deviant status of illicit drug users and the primacy of the criminal justice model over public health and social justice alternatives. I review the research evidence and analytic contributions provided to these deliberations by Canadian scholars from sociology and related disciplines, often presented directly to the policy makers, and consider explanations for the ultimate rejection of this expertise.
- Subjects
CANADA; PHARMACEUTICAL policy; DRUG laws; EMPIRICAL research; SOCIOLOGICAL research; PUBLIC health
- Publication
Canadian Journal of Sociology, 1998, Vol 23, Issue 2/3, p263
- ISSN
0318-6431
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.2307/3341968