LSD in Canada?

Question

I was recently made aware that Canada is a bit more lax in their enforcement of laws pertaining to recreational drugs. On this note, is it legal to purchase or use LSD in Canada? Please give me as much information as you can.

Answer 1

You can use it but it is not legal. In Canada we are more lenient towards pot use only, it is a misconception that that we tolerate all drugs. Pot is not legal yet either. On that note you would never go to jail for possesion of a small amount of LSD, you would get a fine or ticket perhaps but that is it. Yes, I am Canadian.:)

Answer 2

The only drugs up here that are legal are PRESCRIPTION drugs - as well as some non over-the-counter drugs like Claritin (which ONLY require a prescription in the US)

The pot laws are STILL being sorted out - but the worst that will happen for possesion of a small amount (as in your personal stash) is confiscation, and a small fine. Larger amounts (trafficking) is still ILLEGAL - as is possession of any OTHER narcotic!

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"In Hitzig v. Canada (2003), a court again declared Canada's Marijuana Medical Access Regulations unconstitutional "in not allowing seriously ill Canadians to use marijuana because there is no legal source of supply of the drug." In effect, this means that Canadians cannot be prosecuted for using marijuana medically because the Marijuana Medical Access Regulations gives patients the right to do so, but does not set up any legal apparatus for obtaining cannabis.

Back in July 2000, in the "Parker" (epileptic Terry Parker) decision, another judge had made a declaration of invalidity of Canada's drug laws as they relate to the "simple possession" of marijuana due to the lack of a reasonable exemption from the law for medicinal use. The Canadian government was given one year (a suspension of the declaration of invalidity) to remedy the situation, and created the Marijuana Medical Access Regulations. These regulations have been repeatedly deemed unconstitutional in a series of court decisions including "Hitzig."

In a similar case based upon these decisions, lawyer Brian McAllister argued on behalf of a sixteen-year-old that because the Canadian government, after setting up the MMAR, never reenacted the relevant section of the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act, Canada effectively has no prosecutable laws prohibiting the "simple possession" of any amount of cannabis.

Representatives of the United States federal government have claimed that decriminalizing cannabis in Canada may disrupt border trade and relations between the two countries; many Canadians believe that this remains the primary obstacle to decriminalization in Canada.

Canada produces about 400 kg of medical cannabis annually, in an abandoned mine in Flin Flon, Manitoba. On April 19, 2005, the Canadian government additionally licensed the prescription sale of a natural marijuana extract - effectively liquid marijuana - called Sativex.

The federal department Health Canada now provides detailed advice (for its own citizens), including not only the medical information needed to make an informed choice, but the law enforcement aspects, and how to apply for authorization to possess marijuana for medical purposes. There is also information that may be of help to the patient's health professional."

Answer 3

Like everywhere what is legal or not in Canada depends on what the law has planned.Various drugs fall under various (schedules) in the law that makes many drugs illegal. For example schedule 4 drugs such as pot are legal to consume but not to traffic.

Controlled substance act: http://laws-lois.justice.gc.ca/eng/acts/c-38.8/

So saying recreational drugs are illegal is false, only drugs found in this law are illegal, anything else is not. Its not the recreational drugs which are illegal but only the substances listed in this law.

Unfortunately LSD is a schedule III drug: http://laws-lois.justice.gc.ca/eng/acts/c-38.8/page-14.html#h-30 so it is not legal to possess ( http://laws-lois.justice.gc.ca/eng/acts/c-38.8/page-2.html#h-3 one cannot posses drugs schedules 1, 2, 3. Everything under (schedule 4 or less) can be possesed legally) however strangely one cannot attempt to obtain a drug schedule 4 but can posses it still! I guess that is for when you have it in your pockets but have no idea how it got there :P)

Answer 4

It is a myth that I beleive originated form the simpsons that recreational drug use is tolerated in Canada.

As a Canadian who has lived in many provinces I can tell you it is not.

LSD is completely illegal as are some of the more vanilla drugs like marijuana.

Answer 5

You have been misinformed. The police are as ferocious as anywhere. Little tolerance for drugs.