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From “tough on crime” to “smart on crime”

Topic(s): Prisons and Other Closed Settings, Drug Use and Drug Policy
by David Cozac | 27 August 2009 | 0 Comments

The Canadian HIV/AIDS Legal Network has published an opinion piece in the Canadian Medical Association Journal about Bill C-15, currently before the Canadian parliament. The bill would impose mandatory minimum prison terms for certain drug offences involving any quantity of controlled substances. In the article, Patricia Allard of the Legal Network discusses Bill C-15 in the context of HIV, drug use and prisons.



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