The following is a brief history of Canadian drug policy summarized from Busted: An Illustrated History of Drug Prohibition in Canada. The original book is written by Dr. Susan Boyd, a member of the Canadian Drug Policy Coalition, and is summarized here with permission. For the full, detailed, and illustrated account of how punitive drug laws based on prohibition took root in Canada and shaped society’s views on drug use, we encourage you to purchase Busted.
Book cited: Boyd, S. (2021). Busted: An Illustrated History of Drug Prohibition in Canada. Fernwood Publishing.