ST. CATHARINES, Ont. - A landmark ruling that could have paved the way for legalizing marijuana in the country was overturned by the Ontario Court of Appeal Friday.
The Appeal Court found a lower court judge erred in an April 2011 decision that found Canada’s medical marijuana laws were unconstitutional in a decision involving a medical marijuana user.
Matthew Mernagh argued he required pot to help ease symptoms of fibromyalgia, scoliosis and a seizure disorder.
He was charged in April 2008 with producing marijuana after police seized 70 pot plants from his St. Catharines, Ont., apartment.
