When Hilary Black, founder of Vancouver's Compassion Club Society, worked at a hemp-
product retail store a few years ago, customers with AIDS, cancer and multiple sclerosis …

Marijuana's use as medicine is now legal in Canada for patients who meet strict
compassionate use guidelines. Most who self‐medicate, however, still do so on their own …

A Victoria judge who praised an advocate for the medical use of marijuana says that either
Parliament or the Supreme Court must resolve the legal issues surrounding the therapeutic …

“This is definitely a step in the right direction,” says Alison Myrden of Burlington, Ont., who is
allowed to use marijuana because she has multiple sclerosis.“I hope life will be a bit less …

Background In response to a number of court challenges brought forth by Canadian patients
who demonstrated that they benefited from the use of medicinal cannabis but remained …

Under the Compassionate Use Act, otherwise known as Proposition 215, marijuana can be
used on a doctor's recommendation or prescription to help people in medical need. To …

In November 1996, Californians voted in favor of Proposition 215, known as the"
Compassionate Use Act"(" Act"). 1 The Act, section 1136.5 of the California Health and …

On May 17, 2021, Alabama Governor Kay Ivey signed into law the Darren Wesley'Ato'Hall
Compassion Act (the Compassion Act), 1 making Alabama the thirty-seventh state to …

In 1996, California voters passed Proposition 215, the Compassionate Use Act. This new
law allowed patients to use medical marijuana. However, this new California law …

ABSTRACT In 1996 California voters passed Proposition 215, also known as The
Compassionate Use Act of 1996, which provides that a person who uses marijuana for …