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LEDAIN COMMISSION
Gerald LeDain was the chair of the 1969 Royal Commission on the Non-Medical Use of Drugs, investigating the role the government and courts should play in prohibiting and regulating drugs used largely for recreational purposes. The Commission produced numerous published volumes, which rank among the most thorough and accurate assessments of drugs and drug policy in the world, but none of the recommendations were legislated. The Commission stimulated the new sociology of deviance in Canada through its sponsorship of research.

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