Medicinal marijuana users await ruling on right to grow their own
Federal Court decision expected at noon ET/9 a.m. PT in constitutional challenge to Conservative law
A Federal Court judge is expected to release a decision today on whether medical marijuana patients have the right to grow their own cannabis.
The constitutional challenge was launched by four British Columbia residents who argued that legislation introduced by the previous Conservative government violated their charter rights.
The Marijuana for Medical Purposes Regulations were introduced in 2013 and required patients to buy cannabis from licensed producers instead of growing their own.
Sarah Stuive, biological control consultant, checks for bugs at Bedrocan Canada, a medical marijuana facility, in Toronto in August 2015. (Darren Calabrese/Canadian Press)
An injunction has allowed those who already held licences to continue growing marijuana until the Federal Court decision, which is set to have national impact on...
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