title: Possession of cannabis legal for now.
abstract: In two recent rulings the Ontario Court of Justice threw out charges of possession of cannabis contrary to section 4(I) of the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act (CDSA). The courts found that the accused in each case had been charged with an offence not known to law. Parliament never re-enacted the CDSA section prohibiting simple possession of cannabis (marijuana) after it was struck down by the Ontario Court of Appeal in the Parker case.
authors.forename: Glenn
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Betteridge
mesh_terms: D002170:Canada; D002188:Cannabis; D006801:Humans; D007603:Jurisprudence; D008517:Phytotherapy