Canada: Pot-growing ruling hailed
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And the one company in Winnipeg with a federal licence to supply medical marijuana indicated the ruling won’t affect it, at least not in the short term.
The city’s most vocal advocate for medical-marijuana rights said even without knowing whether Ottawa will appeal the ruling, he couldn’t contain his delight.
"I’m super-excited, very elated. We won as far as I’m concerned," Steven Stairs said. "The courts have said we have a right to access, that eliminating our right to grow was unconstitutional."
Judge Michael Phelan found the Marijuana for Medical Purposes Regulations, which required patients to buy from licensed producers, violated their charter rights.
In a written federal court ruling issued Wednesday in Vancouver, Phelan...
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