Top court rules Insite drug injection clinic can stay open

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Source: CBC.ca

Vancouver's controversial Insite clinic can stay open, the Supreme Court said Friday in a landmark ruling.

In a unanimous decision, the court ruled that not allowing the clinic to operate under an exemption from drug laws would be a violation of the Charter of Rights and Freedoms.

The court ordered the federal minister of health to grant an immediate exemption to allow Insite to operate.

The long-running court battle between the federal government and Insite supporters was based on the clinic's claim — supported by two lower court rulings — that it should be allowed to operate exempt from federal drug laws.

Read more: http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/story/2011/09/29/bc-insite-supreme-court-ruling-advancer.html

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1. bless Canada...

Where health trumps nonsensical policies.