An Illustrated history of Canadian drug policy and prohibition
With Susan Boyd, Human and Social Development, University of Victoria
Wednesday, November 18, 3:30pm
MacLaurin D288, University of Victoria
Through photos and other images, this presentation illuminates Canadian prohibition and policy over a century. In order to understand drug policy today, significant events in Canadian drug prohibition history are represented and explored: from past to present.
Susan Boyd, University of Victoria Distinguished Professor in the Faculty of Human & Social Development, is the author of Hooked: Drug Films in Britain, Canada, and the US; From Witches to Crack Moms: Women, Drug Law, and Policy; Mothers and Illicit Drugs: Transcending the Myths; co-author of Killer Weed: Marijuana Grow Ops, Media, and Justice; and Raise Shit! Social Action Saving Lives; and co-editor of With Child: Substance Use During Pregnancy: A Woman-Centred Approach. She collaborates with harm reduction and drug user organizations and is a member of the steering committee, Canadian Drug Policy Coalition.
Free admission; everyone welcome.
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