Legal Marijuana Policy, Adopted by Federal Socialist Caucus 2010

Passed: June 2010

 

WHEREAS simply decriminalizing marijuana would still leave possession as an offence punishable by a fine, and would leave all the other harms associated with prohibition intact,

 

 

BE IT THEREFORE RESOLVED that the federal NDP actively campaign for the elimination of all fines and criminal penalties for personal cultivation and possession of cannabis, and the establishment of a taxed and regulated framework for production and distribution of cannabis to adults, with amnesty for previous cannabis convictions;

 

 

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the NDP support a broad federal review of the impacts and harms caused by current drug prohibition policies, to select the best model for the government to implement a non-criminal, regulatory approach to psychoactive substance use that is based on reducing risk and harm, by emphasizing prevention, public education, health promotion and safety.