Pubdate: Sat, 13 Jun 2015 Source: Winnipeg Free Press (CN MB) Copyright: 2015 Winnipeg Free Press Contact: http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/opinion/send_a_letter Website: http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/ Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/502 Author: Richard Lockhart Page: A14 Referenced: Supreme Court Judgment (R. v. Smith): http://mapinc.org/url/d2dzMbjW TORIES BLOWING SMOKE ON POT RULING Once again, the Harper government proves itself the masters of misdirection (High court rules no crime to eat pot, June 12). The Supreme Court's unanimous, common-sense ruling that other forms of consumption of medical marijuana must be legal is not a medical judgment, as Health Minister Rona Ambrose has said. The medical efficacy of marijuana has been resolved by doctors long since; she knows that full well. The legal ruling offends the Harper government's sense of entitlement to govern without comment from anyone -- the Supreme Court's habit of speaking out against bad laws is the real issue. Richard Lockhart Winnipeg - --- MAP posted-by: Jay Bergstrom