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blogAllard et al v. Canada Federal Court Decision Favours Patient’s Rights and LPs

February 24, 2016

Today, Judge Michael Phelan delivered his long awaited decision. Judge Phelan ruled that prohibiting medical marijuana patients from growing their medical marijuana violates their Section 7 rights under Canada’s Charter of Rights and Freedoms. He declared the MMPR unconstitutional and therefor invalid; however, he suspended his declaration of invalidity for six months to allow the...

blogHere is why the R. v. Smith SCC decision is good for MMPR Licensed Producers?

June 12, 2015

The Supreme Court of Canada’s release of the R. v. Smith decision yesterday morning was greeted with much excitement by patients, activists and Licensed Producers (“LPs”) under Canada’s Marihuana for Medical Purposes Regulation (“MMPR”). For patients and activists the significance and impact of the decision are fairly obvious. For LPs, the significance is a little less...