This paper summarises and compares the impacts of cannabis decriminalisation measures
in two countries. In Australia, an expiation model of decriminalisation succeeded in avoiding …

The debate about cannabis policy in Australia has revolved around the harms that cannabis
causes to users and the community, on the one hand, and the harms that are caused by the …

In 1987 the Cannabis Expiation Notice scheme decreased penalties for the personal use of
cannabis in South Australia. Data from four National Campaign Against Drug Abuse …

BackgroundCannabis policy continues to be controversial in North America, Europe and
Australia. AimsTo inform this debate, we examine alternative legal regimes for controlling …

Medical cannabis is a contentious issue in the United States, with many fearing that
introduction of state laws will increase use among the general population. The present study …

The use of cannabis in the late twentieth and this century is an area of medical and moral
controversy. Despite its illegality, cannabis is the most widely used drug after alcohol and …

Objective To assess the effect of cannabis legalisation on health effects and healthcare
utilisation in Colorado (CO), the first state to legalise recreational cannabis, when compared …

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 …

Aims To describe the formulation of a National Cannabis Strategy in Australia in 2006 and
discuss the contribution that research evidence has made to its development. Methods A …

The available evidence indicates that the “decriminalization” of marijuana possession had
little or no impact on rates of use. Although rates of marijuana use increased in those US …