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  • Canada: BC court rules federal drug laws against possession, trafficking unconstitutional

    05/27/2008 8:30:14 PM PDT · by bruinbirdman · 56 replies · 356+ views
    CNEWS ^ | 5/27/2008 | James Keller And Greg Joyce
    Canada's laws prohibiting possession and trafficking of drugs were struck down as unconstitutional Tuesday by the B.C. Supreme Court, in a case focusing on the plague of drug addiction in Vancouver's Downtown Eastside. But Justice Ian Pitfield gave Ottawa until June 30, 2009, to fix the law and bring it in line with the Constitutional principle of fundamental justice. The ruling, in a case challenging the federal government's jurisdiction over Vancouver's controversial safe-injection site, goes well beyond the site itself. The case was launched by the non-profit organization that runs Insite and a group of addicts, who argued the site...