Drug-Decriminalization-Open-Letter-to-Government-_-Updated-March-

As the UN Special Rapporteur on the right of everyone to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health recently stated, “in the current COVID-19 context, people who use drugs face unique needs and risks, due to criminalisation, stigma, discrimination, underlying health issues, social marginalisation and higher economic and social vulnerabilities”; therefore, to “pr. [...] the federal Cabinet) to “exemp[t], on any terms and conditions that are specified in the regulations, any person or class of persons […] from the application of all or any of the provisions of this Act or the regulations” [emphasis added]. [...] 8 The full text of section 56(1) currently reads as follows: 56(1) The Minister may, on any terms and conditions that the Minister considers necessary, exempt from the application of all or any of the provisions of this Act or the regulations any person or class of persons or any controlled substance or precursor or any class of either of them if, in the opinion of the Minister, the exemption is n. [...] 9 The full text of section 55(1)(z) currently reads as follows: The Governor in Council may make regulations for carrying out the purposes and provisions of this Act, including the regulation of the medical, scientific and industrial applications and distribution of controlled substances and precursors and the enforcement of this Act, as well as the regulation of designated devices and, without re. [...] The relevant section of Section 55(2) currently reads: “The Governor in Council, on the recommendation of the Minister of Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness, may make regulations that pertain to investigations and other law enforcement activities conducted under this Act by a member of a police force or of the military police and other persons acting under the direction and control of the me.