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Alberta
Judge
Rules
Parliament
Must
Create
Medical
Marijuana
Source
or
Cultivation
Will
Be
Legal
in
the
Province
12/15/00
(courtesy NORML Foundation,
http://www.norml.org)
An Alberta judge this week
not only cleared the way for a multiple sclerosis patient to legally grow
marijuana for his own treatment, but stated if Parliament does not amend
its marijuana laws to allow for a legal supply to medical marijuana patients
within a year, it will be legal for anybody to grow cannabis in the province.
In the case, Justice Darlene
Acton dismissed marijuana cultivation charges against Grant Krieger, a
multiple sclerosis patient. In her ruling, Justice Acton cited the
"absurdity" of the current regulations for patients with a medical exemption
under Section 56 of the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act. There
are over 70 patients in Canada who can legally use marijuana medicinally,
but as Justice Acton stated in her ruling, "The irony is that there is
no source in Canada for marijuana at this time."
"It's another message to
the government of Canada that they have to address this issue more thoroughly
and Section 56 just doesn't cut it," said Adriano Iovinelli, QC, Kreiger's
attorney. A similar ruling was made this summer by an Ontario judge
who gave Parliament until July 31, 2001 to allow for the medical use of
marijuana or marijuana possession will be legal for all Ontario residents.
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Issue #164, 12/15/00
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