Canadian appellate court upholds ruling in favour of Vancouver's supervised injection facility
25 January 2010
The British Columbia Court of Appeal in Canada has upheld a lower court ruling from last year that granted Vancouver’s supervised injection facility an ongoing exemption from certain provisions of Canada’s drug laws (prohibiting possession and trafficking of controlled substances) and that also declared those provisions of Canada’s law constitutionally invalid insofar as they apply to the users and site operators of Insite.
The current federal government, which opposes Insite’s existence, is expected to appeal this decision to the Supreme Court of Canada.
See also: http://www.vancouversun.com/news/court+rules+Vancouver+Insite+safe+injection+site+stay+open/2446233/story.html