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National Post View: Common-sense rules on medical marijuana

Submitted by Marijuana News on Sat, 06/13/2015 - 01:01

On Thursday, the Supreme Court of Canada struck down an appeal by the federal government to maintain the nonsensical status quo with regards to medical marijuana. The rules had stipulated that medical marijuana could only be possessed and consumed in its dried form, which meant chronically ill users were essentially restricted to smoking it. This made no sense whatsoever; a terminal lung cancer patient with a license to use medical marijuana, for example, should not be limited to lighting up. Yet under Sections 4 and 5 of the Controlled Drug and Substances Act, the creation and consumption of medical marijuana in alternate forms — in tablets, ointments, in baked goods or extracts — was prohibited.

In a unanimous decision, the Supreme Court called out the restriction for what it was: “arbitrary.” The Court ruled that the denial of legal alternative forms of consumption violated the guarantee of life, liberty and...

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