FEDS NO LONGER NEEDED FOR MEDICAL POT

TORONTO -- Canadians who are prescribed marijuana to treat
illness will no longer be forced to rely on the federal government as
a supplier.

A Federal Court ruling yesterday struck down a key restriction in
Ottawa's controversial medical marijuana program.

The decision essentially grants medical marijuana users more freedom
in picking their own grower and allows growers to supply the drug to
more than one patient.

It's also another blow to the federal government, whose attempts to
tightly control access to medical marijuana have prompted numerous
court challenges. Currently, medical users can grow their own pot but
growers can't supply the drug to more than one user at a time.