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The Challenges Ahead for MED, with Patient Advocates Hilary Black, Stephanie Lake, and Jonathan Zaid

By Alex Halperin
02/19/2019 10:11 AM GMT-0700
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When Hilary Black founded the BC Compassion Club Society in 1997, medical cannabis was still illegal. It was three years before R. v. Parker determined Canadians have a constitutional right to MED, and during that time Black routinely risked jail to provide MED to patients.

Like most cannabis veterans, Black is happy to see the end of sweeping prohibition. But like many . . .

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