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OTTAWA – Medical marijuana can legally be consumed in a range of ways – from cannabis-infused cookies and brownies to cooking oils and tea – the Supreme Court of Canada ruled Thursday.
The decision to remove limitations on what constitutes legally acceptable medical marijuana was being hailed by advocates of alternative forms of pot.
It was also yet another rebuke of the Harper government’s tough-on-crime agenda as the court rejected an appeal by the federal government of a lower court ruling that medical marijuana users have a right to a range of products containing the drug.
Not only was it a unanimous 7-0 ruling, but the court made a point of attributing the written decision to the entire court – something the justices do when they want to underline a finding.
Until now, federal regulations stipulated that authorized users of physician-prescribed cannabis could only consume dried marijuana.
But limiting medical...
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