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Home 🌿 Medical Cannabis News 🌿 Breaking: Canadian Federal Court strikes down ban on medicinal marijuana patients growing own pot 🌿Breaking: Canadian Federal Court strikes down ban on medicinal marijuana patients growing own pot
A Federal Court judge has struck down federal regulations restricting the rights of medical marijuana patients to grow their own cannabis.
In the ruling issued on Wednesday morning in Vancouver, Judge Michael Phelan ordered the Marihauna for Medical Purposes Regulations has no force and effect, but suspended the declaration for six months so that the government can come up with new rules.
The judge also ordered the injunction that has allowed thousands of Canadians with an authorization to use medical marijuana to grow marijuana will remain in effect.
The constitutional challenge was launched by Nanaimo, B.C., resident Neil Allard and three other British Columbia residents who argued that legislation introduced by the previous Conservative government violated their charter rights.
Phelan heard the case between February and May 2015 in Vancouver.
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The Marijuana for Medical Purposes Regulations were introduced in 2013 and required patients to buy cannabis from licensed producers...
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