Justice committee  First of all, the name date rape drug attracts a lot of attention in the media. The main drug used by a rapist is still alcohol, and the second most used drugs are barbiturates: Valium and others. GHB is not used very frequently for that purpose, but it is used for other purposes

Justice committee  No.

Justice committee  There is in fact a problem with dealing to clients who are minors, but there are buyers, as I pointed out earlier. When this type of measure is considered to be successful, it's because the success is based on the number of arrests. However, if you arrest 15 individuals and then

Justice committee  May I wrap up in two minutes?

Justice committee  Oh, I'm reading too fast. I'll have to jump to the conclusion in a few seconds, and I'll go slowly.

Justice committee  Okay. Drug-treatment courts are considered a solution. However, putting people through penal proceedings involves huge costs, when more voluntary treatment could be provided which is, in fact, much more effective. The third point I wanted to make was that in no way under our

Justice committee  Thank you, Mr. Chairman. According to the Auditor General of Canada's 2001 report, the federal government spends somewhere between $404 and $426 million on the fight against drugs: the RCMP receives $164 million; the Correctional Service of Canada receives $157 million; the Dep

Justice committee  Yes. Studies show that if someone decides to drive impaired or to commit another offence, what that person is measuring is the risk of being arrested. He is not wondering what the punishment will be. So, changing the punishment has absolutely no effect whatsoever on a number of

Justice committee  Your questions with respect to what could change the behaviour of people who drive impaired are relevant. I referred earlier to alcohol prevention campaigns. I asked my students how they view that. Those who said they don't drive impaired did not say that it was because they are

Justice committee  It was actually in proceedings here in Committee that there was mainly a focus on marijuana; as far as I'm concerned, my expertise is in impairment. If you want to talk about the people who probably use more drugs than any other group and could be impaired, I'd say they are proba

Justice committee  The first thing to be noted in terms of alcohol consumption is that prevention has played a huge role. There have been huge prevention campaigns. Health Canada has funded… One of my Master's level students prepared a list of all the programs funded by Health Canada in the schools

Justice committee  I haven't actually thought about how it would work. Furthermore, I do not know exactly how this system works in those countries that have this kind of registry. I always have one foot on the brake when it comes to the detailed procedure involved. I would have to take a closer loo

Justice committee  Such individuals will be careful. On the other hand, if they are threatened with prosecution, they will hire a lawyer and so the process begins.

Justice committee  Well, I won't go into it in detail, but I will address the issue associated with each of the points your raised. I do agree that police officers have to be given the ability to force someone to take a reflex test. With respect to the first problem, as to whether the individual i

Justice committee  You're right. This bill seems to focus more on the war against drugs than on combating impaired driving. There is more of an inclination here to go back to the approach used during prohibition than to reflect on what would actually bring down the number of impaired drivers. As w