Shmad said:
You can find the actual Senate reports here:
http://www.parl.gc.ca/common/Committee_SenRep.asp?Language=E&parl=37&Ses=1&comm_id=85
You can find another summary of it here:
http://www.cannabisculture.com/articles/2652.html
The 600-page Senate report on Cannabis comes after two years of studying the issue and interviews with 234 witnesses across Canada and around the world.
"Scientific evidence overwhelmingly indicates that cannabis is substantially less harmful than alcohol, and should be treated not as a criminal issue but as a social and public-health issue," said the committee's chair, Senator Pierre Claude Nolin.
The report calls for a system whereby marijuana can be sold in a similar fashion to alcohol and tobacco, except with a lower age limit of 16 years. The federal government would issue licenses for cultivation and sale.
The Senate report also calls for Canada's 600,000 criminal records for pot possession to be erased, and for medical access to be expanded.
Other recommendations include having school drug awareness programs no longer being taught by police.