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Canadian Centre on Substance Use and Addiction
Bill C-5 Diversion Standing Senate Committee

Policy Brief to the Standing Senate Committee on Legal and Constitutional Affairs: Bill C-5

Publication date: 2022
Author: Canadian Centre on Substance Use and Addiction

Submitted to the Standing Senate Committee on Legal and Constitutional Affairs in September 2022.
Identifies potential revisions to Bill C-5 to better align with the best research evidence on alternatives to the criminalization of substance use. It discusses diversion and decriminalization, and highlights actions that must accompany legislative change to achieve the intended objectives.

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