The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #23998   Message #270418
Posted By: Willie-O
02-Aug-00 - 01:59 PM
Thread Name: Drugs & The North
Subject: RE: Drugs & The North
Funny you should mention that, Brendy. The Supreme Court of Ontario two days ago declared Canada's marijuana law unconstitional. The grounds for this finding was that the government has acknowledged that some people have legitimate medical uses for pot as an appetite stimulator, and anti-nausea drug, and has granted 57 individuals the right to use it without prosecution--but the law needs to be rewritten completely to clarify how someone can qualify for this exemption, and how they can legally obtain the drug which the current approach has not addressed at all. (It's legal for them to posess it, but not to buy it, or for anyone to sell it to them.)

The court declared that the law will be null and void one year from the date of the decision, unless it has been rewritten to address these questions.

One of the other big stories in the news this week is, surprise, biker turf wars for control of the trade.

Willie-O
Straighter than a judge.