Robyn Urback: Why does our government insist medical marijuana users must smoke big fat joints?

With the latest decision on medical marijuana released by the Supreme Court of Canada Thursday, that makes about, oh, a million losses for the Conservative government, give or take, and approximately two wins. I’ll concede, I may be overstating slightly, but I’m just trying to match the hyperbole espoused by Health Minister Rona Ambrose, who said she was “outraged” by the court’s unanimous decision that patients can now consume medical marijuana in all forms.

OTTAWA — The Supreme Court of Canada says medical marijuana can include products other than dried pot, such as cannabis-infused cookies brownies, oils and tea.

The court has rejected an appeal by the federal government of a lower court ruling that medical marijuana users have a right to a range of products containing the drug.

In a 7-0 decision, the court ruled that limiting medical consumption to dried marijuana infringes on liberty protections under the Charter...

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