British Columbia Centre on Substance Use, St. Paul's Hospital, University of British Columbia, 608-1081 Burrard Street, Vancouver, BC, V6Z 1Y6, Canada.
Department of Medicine, St. Paul's Hospital, University of British Columbia, 608-1081 Burrard Street, Vancouver, BC, V6Z 1Y6, Canada.
Can J Public Health. 2018 Dec;109(5-6):745-747. doi: 10.17269/s41997-018-0121-y. Epub 2018 Sep 17.
As Canada moves towards the legalization of cannabis, the Cannabis Act itself remains void of any complementary social justice measures. Decades of criminalization for the possession, production, and sale of cannabis will remain unscathed under this ostensibly new approach, leaving intact laws that have disproportionately and prejudicially impacted Indigenous people and people of colour. This includes the overpolicing and criminalization of these communities, furthering criminal justice disparities, and the lack of meaningful initiatives to aid communities of colour and Indigenous communities in participating in the legal cannabis industry. Despite the continuing impacts, the Government of Canada has made no commitment to tandem initiatives that address the issues of reparation for those who have been most heavily targeted under cannabis prohibition. Public health implications are discussed.
随着加拿大向大麻合法化迈进，《大麻法》本身仍然缺乏任何补充性的社会公正措施。在这种表面上的新方法下，持有、生产和销售大麻的数十年刑事定罪将毫发无损，保留了不成比例和有偏见地影响土著人民和有色人种的法律。这包括对这些社区的过度监管和刑事定罪，进一步加剧了刑事司法方面的差距，以及缺乏有意义的举措来帮助有色人种社区和土著社区参与合法的大麻行业。尽管仍在产生影响，但加拿大政府并未承诺采取并行举措，为那些在大麻禁令下受到严重打击的人提供赔偿。讨论了公共卫生方面的影响。
