John Nater, Conservative Member of Parliament for 35083 Perth-Wellington (Ontario)

John Nater, Conservative Member of Parliament for 35083 Perth-Wellington (Ontario)

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PM Harper Announces Plan to Strengthen the National Anti-Drug Strategy

August 13, 2015

The Issue

Stephen Harper’s Conservative Government has taken consistent action to crack down on

illegal drugs in our neighbourhoods:

The Safe Streets and Communities Act (Bill C-10) which was passed in March

2012 established mandatory minimums for certain drug offences such as

trafficking.

Vanessa’s Law which was passed in November 2014 to protect Canadian from

unsafe medicine by (i) introducing new penalties for unsafe penalties, (ii)

compelling drug companies to revise labels to better reflect health-risk

information in plain language, and (iii) enhancing surveillance by requiring

mandatory adverse drug reaction reporting by health-care institutions.

The Drug Free Prisons Act was passed in June 2015 to stipulate that the Parole

Board of Canada has authorities to account for failed drug tests or refused drug

tests in parole decisions.

The National Anti-Drug Strategy was launched, renewed and enhanced to

prevent drug use, treat dependency, and reduce the production and distribution

of illicit drugs and prescription drug abuse.
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http://nater.ca/2015/08/13/pm-harper-announces-plan-to-strengthen-the-national-anti-drug-strategy-2/