title: Supreme Court denies leave to appeal in medical marijuana charter challenge.
abstract: As previously reported in this publication, in January 2002 the Ontario Court of Appeal denied Jim Wakeford's claim that Canada's laws prohibiting marijuana possession and cultivation infringe his constitutional rights to liberty and security of the person. On 22 November 2002 the Supreme Court of Canada announced that it would not hear his appeal from that decision.
authors.forename: Richard
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Elliott
authors.forename: Ruth
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Carey
mesh_terms: D000163:Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome; D002170:Canada; D002188:Cannabis; D006801:Humans; D013287:Illicit Drugs / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D008517:Phytotherapy
chemical_list: D013287:Illicit Drugs