Canada violates international drug control treaties, U.N. panel claims.NEW YORK New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of -- The drug injection rooms in Vancouver, with the approval of the Government of Canada The Government of Canada is the federal government of Canada. The powers and structure of the federal government are set out in the Constitution of Canada. In modern Canadian use, the term "government" (or "federal government") refers broadly to the cabinet of the day and , violates international drug control treaties, states the Annual Report of the International Narcotics Control Board The International Narcotics Control Board (INCB) is the independent and quasi-judicial control organ for the implementation of the United Nations drug conventions. It plays an important role in monitoring enforcement of restrictions on narcotics and psychotropics and in deciding which is "concerned" generally with Canada's approach to narcotics narcotics n. 1) techinically, drugs which dull the senses. 2) a popular generic term for drugs which cannot be legally possessed, sold, or transported except for medicinal uses for which a physician or dentist's prescription is required. control. The Board's notes that: * In June 2003, the Government of Canada approved the establishment of a drug injection room in the city of Vancouver, the first such site in North America North America, third largest continent (1990 est. pop. 365,000,000), c.9,400,000 sq mi (24,346,000 sq km), the northern of the two continents of the Western Hemisphere. . The injection room, will be subject to an evaluation in three years. "The Board reiterates its views that such sites are contrary to the fundamental provisions of the international drug control treaties, which oblige States to ensure that drugs are used only for medical or scientific purposes. * Parliament is currently considering legislation by which simple possession of, in some cases, up to 30 grams of cannabis would result in a ticket and a fine and would also introduce new penalties for the production of cannabis that vary according to the amount of cannabis produced. Possession of cannabis would remain a criminal offence under the new legislation. The Board is "concerned that the revisions could contribute to the mistaken perception that cannabis is a harmless substance". Narcotics Control Board, http://www.incb.org/e/ar/2003/menu.htm |
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