11/01/2008 00:00:00
Canada: Court rejects supply limit on medical pot
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A Federal Court judge has struck down a government regulation that
prevents medical marijuana growers from producing the drug for more than
one patient.
The decision by Judge Barry Strayer essentially grants medical marijuana
users more freedom in picking their own grower, rather than relying on
the government as a supplier.
Medical marijuana patients had argued that the restriction was unfair
and prevented seriously ill Canadians from obtaining the drug they
needed to treat their debilitating illnesses.
Currently, medical users can grow their own pot, but growers cannot
supply the drug to more than one user at a time.
Lawyers for the medical users argued that restriction effectively
established Health Canada as the country's sole legal provider of
medical marijuana.
They complained the drug provided by the government was substandard and
did not meet the needs of many patients who use it to treat chronic
ailments, alleviating pain and other suffering, that other conventional
medications do not.
http://www.thestar.com/News/article/293091
Source:
http://www.ukcia.org/news/shownewsarticle.php?articleid=13147
Author:
Toronto Star via UKCIA
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