Memorandum: Illegal Drug Addiction as Disability

Different courts in Canada have found that addiction, whether to legal or illegal drugs may be a form of handicap or disability. This suggests a number of opportunities for strategic legal action to help ameliorate disadvantages faced by person with drug addictions. Considering this legal situation the memorandum suggests that anti-discrimination legislation may be useful to resolve these problems. Based on the analysis of existing legislation and case law, the memorandum explored the opportunities to expand the scope of human rights legislation to afford previously unrecognized protections to persons with drug addictions.