Court dismisses constitutional challenge to ban on assisted suicide.
On 6 February 2001, the Ontario Superior Court of Justice dismissed a constitutional challenge by Jim Wakeford, a Toronto man with HIV/AIDS and an advocate for access to medical marijuana, to the sections of the Criminal Code that outlaw assisted suicide in Canada.
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D000163:Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome; D005065:Euthanasia / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D006801:Humans; D009864:Ontario; D017236:Suicide, Assisted / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*