Contemporary Drug Problems articles from December 1996

Contemporary Drug Problems archives from December 1996

Self-induced intoxication as a defense in the criminal code of Canada: issues and discussion around Daviault v. R.(Intoxication as a Legal Defense: Recent Canadian Experience with Changes in Criminal Law)(Editorial)
December 22, 1996... In the 13 months between September 1994 and September 1995, the legal status of a defense of self-induced intoxication in Canadian criminal law was drastically altered--twice. First, a landmark ruling of the Supreme Court of Canada made it...

A summary of public consultation on reform of the Criminal Code of Canada as related to a defense of self-induced intoxication resulting in automatism.(Intoxication as a Legal Defense: Recent Canadian Experience with Changes in Criminal Law)
December 22, 1996... The changes to Canadian law around the Daviault case took place within a broader process of ongoing reform of the Criminal Code of Canada. Because of the concurrence of these two events, there exist several documents printed by the federal...

The intoxication defense in Canada: why women should care.(Intoxication as a Legal Defense: Recent Canadian Experience with Changes in Criminal Law)
December 22, 1996... This paper explains the impact on women--as victims/witnesses and as accused persons--of the Supreme Court of Canada's decision in R. v. Daviault(1) regarding the defense of intoxication. Prior to the decision in Daviault, the defense of...

Intoxicated automatism: legal concept vs. scientific evidence.(Intoxication as a Legal Defense: Recent Canadian Experience with Changes in Criminal Law)
December 22, 1996... The concept of automatism as a consequence of severe alcoholic intoxication received much public and media attention as a result of the decision of the Supreme Court of Canada in the case of Daviault v. R. and decisions in several other courts...

Drinking, violence, gender and causal attribution: a Canadian case study in science, law and policy.(Intoxication as a Legal Defense: Recent Canadian Experience with Changes in Criminal Law)
December 22, 1996... The Daviault case On September 30, 1994, the Supreme Court of Canada announced a decision, with the justices splitting 6-3, in the Daviault case. The bare facts of the case are described in the opinion by Justice Sopinka: The...

Self-induced intoxication: balancing principles of justice and responsibility.(Intoxication as a Legal Defense: Recent Canadian Experience with Changes in Criminal Law)
December 22, 1996... Mr. Daviault, a 72-year-old alcoholic, was charged with dragging a 65-year-old woman from her wheelchair and sexually assaulting her. This occurred after Mr. Daviault had consumed eight beers and 35 ounces of brandy. The majority of the Supreme...

Alcohol consumption and the liability of offenders in the German criminal system.(Intoxication as a Legal Defense: Recent Canadian Experience with Changes in Criminal Law)
December 22, 1996... The recent Canadian criminal case of Daviault v. R. with its subsequent decision handed down by the Supreme Court has sparked a substantial discussion around the issue of liability of offenders in a state of intoxication at the time of offense....

The Charter and intoxication: some observations on possible Charter challenges to an Act to Amend the Criminal Cide (Self-Induced Intoxication), 1995, C-72.(Intoxication as a Legal Defense: Recent Canadian Experience with Changes in Criminal Law)
December 22, 1996... When a person is accused of a criminal offense in Canada, a variety of basic rules come into play. These specific rules are part of what is more broadly considered to be the "Rule of Law," which is articulated in the utterances of judges (common...

Between Prohibition and Legalization: The Dutch Experience in Drug Policy.
December 22, 1996... Edited by Ed Leuw and I. Haen Marshall (New York: Kugler Publications, 1994), 335 pp., $47.50 (paper). REVIEWED BY Lynn Zimmer, Dept. of Sociology, Queens College, City University of New York, Flushing, NY 11367. There has never been a war...

A World of Opportunities: Lifestyle and Economic Behavior of Heroin Addicts in Amsterdam.
December 22, 1996... By Martin Grapendaal, Ed Leuw, and Hans Nelen (Albany: State University of New York Press, 1995), 240 pp., $16.95 (paper). REVIEWED BY Lynn Zimmer, Dept. of Sociology, Queens College, City University of New York, Flushing, NY 11367. There...

Licit and Illicit Drug Use in Amsterdam, vol. 2.
December 22, 1996... By J.P. Sandwijk, P.D.A. Cohen, S. Musterd, and M.P.S. Langemeijer (Amsterdam: University of Amsterdam, 1995), 161 pp., Dfl. 35 (paper). REVIEWED BY Lynn Zimmer, Dept. of Sociology, Queens College, City University of New York, Flushing, NY...

Cocaine's Use in Amsterdam, pt. 2, Initiation and Patterns of Use After 1986.
December 22, 1996... By Peter Cohen and Arjan Sas (Amsterdam: University of Amsterdam, 1995), 128 pp., Dfl. 35 (paper). REVIEWED BY Lynn Zimmer, Dept. of Sociology, Queens College, City University of New York, Flushing, NY 11367. There has never been a war on...

Hep-Cats, Narcs, and Pipe Dreams: A History of America's Romance with Illegal Drugs.
December 22, 1996... by Jill Jonnes (New York: Scribner, 1996), 510 pp., $30.00 (cloth only). REVIEWED BY: David T. Courtwright, Dept. of History, University of North Florida, Jacksonville, FL 32224-2645. The social and political history of alcohol, tobacco, and...

Ashes to Ashes: America's Hundred-Year Cigarette War, the Public Health, and the Unabashed Triumph of Philip Morris.
December 22, 1996... by Richard Kluger (New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1996), xix + 807 pp., $35.00 (cloth only). REVIEWED BY: David T. Courtwright, Dept. of History, University of North Florida, Jacksonville, FL 32224-2645. The social and political history of...