... Court of Appeal struck down the federal criminal law banning marijuana announcing that it fails to permit medical use of the drug. Judgement gave Ottawa one year to revise the law, or growing and possessing marijuana will remain to be a crime in Canada. Parker smokes cannabis for ... , irritable bowel syndrome, PMS, asthma, fibromyalgia, skin ailments, and relieves nausea for patients who take medication for AIDS and Chemotherapy. In December 1997 a Toronto judge ruled that Parker had a constitutional right to use marijuana for medical reasons and ordered police to return cannabis plants...

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