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Compulsory drug treatment in Canada: historical origins and recent developments

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2002
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Fischer, B., Roberts, J. V., & Kirst, M. (2002). Compulsory drug treatment in Canada: historical origins and recent developments. European Addiction Research, 8, 61–68. https://doi.org/10.1159/000052056

Abstract

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In Canada, illicit drug use and addiction have traditionally been considered as a criminal justice problem and have been addressed from a legal perspective. Over the past century, a medical approach to drug addiction has slowly crept into the criminal justice processing of drug offenders. This has happened through the combination of principles of punishment with principles of addiction treatment in the sentencing of drug offenders to create a distinct application of 'compulsory drug treatment' in Canada. However, this evolution has oc

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  • Fischer, B
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  • Roberts, J V
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  • Kirst, M
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8

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2

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61

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68

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Canada, UK, drug, treatment

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English

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2002

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2014-04-17

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1022-6877

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Green

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578 since deposited on 2014-04-17
555last week
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393 since deposited on 2014-04-17
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Fischer, B., Roberts, J. V., & Kirst, M. (2002). Compulsory drug treatment in Canada: historical origins and recent developments. European Addiction Research, 8, 61–68. https://doi.org/10.1159/000052056

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