Marijuana ruling

Ontario’s top court has upheld Canada’s marijuana laws.

The Appeal Court ruling today comes in a case involving access to
medical marijuana.

The ruling overturns a lower court decision in the case of
Matthew Mernagh, who suffers from various health problems.

Unable to find a doctor to prescribe the drug for his pain,
Mernagh grew his own and was charged.

The lower court found people cannot get access to medicinal pot
through appropriate means, and are therefore forced to resort to
illegal actions.

The Appeal Court disagreed, saying the lower court judge made
several errors.