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Joy Smith
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CONTROLLED DRUGS AND SUBSTANCES ACT
Private Members' Business
April 13th, 2010 / 5:50 p.m.
Conservative
Private Members' Business
April 13th, 2010 / 5:50 p.m.
Conservative
Joy Smith
Kildonan—St. Paul, MB
Madam Speaker, I would like to begin by thanking my hon. friend, the member for West Vancouver—Sunshine Coast—Sea to Sky Country.
I am fully aware of his deep concern for the problems that
methamphetamine and ecstasy inflict on Canadians. I commend him for
drawing the attention of the House through his private member's bill to
the complex difficulty caused by these drugs.
Unlike other better known
drugs of abuse, such as heroin, cocaine or marijuana, crystal meth and
ecstasy present some unique challenges. Both are synthetic drugs. They
are not dependent on the cultivation of a crop. Their production
requires no specialized skill or training. The precursor chemicals
needed to produce these drugs are relatively easy to obtain and
inexpensive to purchase. These factors make their production attractive
to both the criminal trafficker and to the addicted user.
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