Creative Resistance - Principles of Post Prohibition Drug Control

Document declaring that the prohibition of controlled substances, embodied in the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act, has utterly failed in achieving its objectives, and has proved counter-productive in its side-effects. The document sets out an alternative set of principles that should inform a future post-prohibition paradigm and policy framework in Canada. It is based on harm reduction, human rights, and public health models, recognizes the positive personal and social dimensions of some drug use, advocates (moderate) drug market regulation and taxation by the government, and the re-injection of revenues into health and social programs for users.