Authority: Supreme Court of Canada (Canada)

Date: 06/11/2015

Subject: The Supreme Court of Canada declared null and void the norms limiting the possession of medical marijuana to the “dried” form, for the violation of article 7 of the Charter of Rights: according to the Court, such restriction limited in an arbitrary way the right of the patient (who is legally authorized for such therapy) to choose how to consume marijuana (not only smoking it) in more effective and less harmful ways for his health

Parties: Her Majesty the Queen v. Owen Edward Smith

Original language: English

Classification: Solidarity - Art. 35 Preventive health care

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