Canadian Government has 90 days to reform laws on Marijuana, otherwise it's Legal - Polidicks

The title says it all, folks. I found this particular piece of news to be very exciting.. Liberating, even. I'm not going to force my 'libertarian' dogma on you all because I don't feel like spending hours defending my opinion from faceless bastards over the internet, so just read the fucking source and give it a thought. (This news applies mostly to Canadians, by the way.) [url]http://whyprohibition.ca/blogs/jacob-hunter/court-strikes-down-marijuana-laws-gives-government-90-days-fix-charter-issues[/url] [quote]FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE April 12, 2011 COURT STRIKES DOWN MARIJUANA LAWS, GIVES GOVERNMENT 90 DAYS TO FIX CHARTER ISSUES Click here to read the decision Today in R v. Mernagh the Ontario Superior Court of Justice found the entire regulatory scheme governing medical marijuana (the Marihuana Medical Access Regulations) to be invalid. As a result sections 4 (prohibiting possession) and 7 (prohibiting production) of the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act were stricken. The government has been given 90 days to fill the legislative void or it will become legal to possess and produce marijuana. The basis for the decision was that the government's controversial decision making allopathic physicians the only gatekeepers to patient access created a scheme that was too restrictive and made it too difficult for Canadians to lawfully acquire the medicine. In the Court's words "...it is long past time for the government to provide the medical access to marihuana that was directed by the Parker court over ten years ago..." Parker was a 2000 decision of the Ontario Court of Appeal that gave rise to the MMAR scheme. "Complaints about the doctor-as-gatekeeper role, from patients and physicians, have been a constant feature of this flawed system," said Kirk Tousaw, the Foundation's Executive Director and a BC lawyer that successfully argued R v. Beren, in which the BC Supreme Court found certain supply-side aspects of the scheme to violate the Charter. "This decision represents a huge step forward for critically and chronically ill Canadians that want to access this safe and effective medicine without being turned into criminals for doing so." Jacob Hunter, the Foundation's Policy Director and an authorized medical cannabis consumer, also hailed the decision: "I know how hard it has been to find a supportive physician. There are a million medical cannabis consumers in Canada and, in ten years, less than 10,000 have been able to become legal. That just isn't right." The Foundation urges the upcoming new government of Canada to work with patients, producers and distributors of medical cannabis over the next 90 days to craft a legislative model that works. "Who knows," speculated Tousaw, "the government could always choose not to re-legislate, as did with the abortions laws after the Morgentaler decision, and finally put an end to the harms being caused by marijuana prohibition. " The Foundation congratulates Mr. Mernagh and counsel Paul Lewin for their outstanding efforts and salutes all those that assisted in the case.[/quote] Alternate news sources for those that don't think "whyprohibition' isn't a 'valuable citation' [url]http://news.sympatico.ca/oped/coffee-talk/canadas_pot_laws_go_up_in_smoke/da2c93d8[/url] [url]http://toronto-on.ca/2011/04/judge-overturns-marijuana-laws-government-has-90-days-to-respond/[/url] [img]http://img391.imageshack.us/img391/6716/33d153029c92316c.jpg[/img]

This will hurt families.

About time

[QUOTE=DualReaverV2;29275291]This will hurt families.[/QUOTE] What

90 days is still a lot, but still...

[QUOTE=jimhowl33t;29275441]90 days is still a lot, but still...[/QUOTE] But not enough in the middle of an election.

I doubt it'll happen.

[QUOTE=MovingSalad;29275264]Alternate news sources for those that [b]don't[/b] think "whyprohibition' [b]isn't[/b] a 'valuable citation'[/QUOTE] Double negatives up in this bitch :v: Anyway, this is very interesting. I'm sure they'll do something about it, though.

News like this just makes me cry because it blows my mind how marijuana isn't legal.

Please become legalised... please become legalised... please become legalised...

Yeah, I'm a week late on this. Sorry facepunch. I have a real job doing news writing.

I think it's about 85 days now. You're pretty late bro.

So I guess there's no chance of it becoming legal? :C

[QUOTE=Micr0;29276511]I think it's about 85 days now. You're pretty late bro.[/QUOTE] Aww, does that bother you?

[quote=OP article]The government has been given 90 days to fill the legislative void[/quote] I wonder what they come up with

marihuana KILLS PEOPLE are you all BLIND?!

[QUOTE=Awesomecaek;29277256]marihuana KILLS PEOPLE are you all BLIND?![/QUOTE] Marijuana made me blind.

[QUOTE=Awesomecaek;29277256]marihuana KILLS PEOPLE are you all BLIND?![/QUOTE] BLINDED BY THE THC! /c

[QUOTE=MovingSalad;29277145]Aww, does that bother you?[/QUOTE] ...no? I just wish you looked first.

[QUOTE=MovingSalad;29277145]Aww, does that bother you?[/QUOTE] I, um, don't think he was being mean.

[QUOTE=Micr0;29277414]...no? I just wish you looked first.[/QUOTE] I guess it's just too bad that I inconvenienced you.. You can leave now.

I'm not optimistic. Guarantee you it they will do whatever it takes to keep it illegal.

It's good that total prohibition is ending, but I'd much prefer proper regulation than a total legalisation free-for-all. Need regulated substances and dosage, and prevention of those under 18 using it. Similar to alcohol. That way you won't get harmful stuff like 14 year olds smoking bad stuff laced with glass beads.

My brother overdosed on marijuana.

marijuana raped my dog

my sister died from an aids infected weed needle a weedle

[QUOTE=Rediscover;29283861]my sister died from an aids infected weed needle a weedle[/QUOTE] [img]http://pokemaniaman.webs.com/weedle.gif[/img]

[QUOTE=Beetle179;29285039][img_thumb]http://pokemaniaman.webs.com/weedle.gif[/img_thumb][/QUOTE] This post made my life complete. I am now going to go kill myself. Good bye FP!

[QUOTE=Blade_Raider;29285257]This post made my life complete. I am now going to go kill myself. Good bye FP![/QUOTE] Overdose on marijuana you pot head

I am Canadian and I approve this message, but seriously Harper and the other idiots at parliament hill are (hopefully) too busy trying to win this election.