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Canada's Supreme Court upholds cannabis possession prohibitions

In Malmo-Levine and Caine, the Supreme Court dismissed constitutional challenges to prohibitions on simple possession and possession for trafficking. The majority held that Parliament could criminalise cannabis possession while remaining free to decriminalise it through legislation. The judgment upheld existing offences rather than introducing a new possession ban.[1][2]

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References

  1. Supreme Court of Canada — Case 28026, judgment docketarchived
  2. Supreme Court of Canada — R. v. Malmo-Levine; R. v. Caine, 2003 SCC 74, judgment reproduced by HyperlawMajority reasons, paragraphs 1–6archived

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