Health committee  Yes, I agree with that. Youth use is not going to decrease based on criminalization. Education is important as part of this legislation. It should be thought of as a key approach to addressing youth consumption, as I mentioned earlier.

Health committee  I'll start by questioning your premise that fear of legal sanction reduces youth behaviour around seeking out and using cannabis. During our decades of prohibition when absolutely cannabis had been prohibited, there has always been legal sanction on the table, and we have, as som

Health committee  Thank you. In the area of public education, your first point is a great idea. We're definitely in favour of having evidence-based education at a young age about what drugs are, the various social scenarios where you might find yourself involved in drugs, the harms of drugs, and

Health committee  Thank you. Good morning, honourable members. Thank you for the opportunity to make comments on Bill C-45 this morning on this important panel. I'm representing the Canadian Drug Policy Coalition or CDPC, a non-governmental organization comprised of over 70 organizations and 3,0