Bill S-229 — Health-Centred Approach to Substance Use Act
Source: Government of Canada
March 16, 2021
This enactment provides for a national strategy to decriminalize simple possession of illegal substances, amends the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act to repeal provisions that make it an offence to possess certain substances and makes consequential amendments to other Acts.
Full Title: Health-Centred Approach to Substance Use Act: An Act respecting the development of a national strategy for the decriminalization of illegal substances, to amend the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act and to make consequential amendments to other Acts
Sponsor: Sen. Gwen Boniface