After a federal judge’s scolding for its “unreasonable” and “unintelligible” handling of a #Calgary man’s bid for #LegalAccess to #psilocybin for excruciating #headaches, #HealthCanada is backing down.

Lance’s win comes two weeks after Federal Court Judge Simon Fothergill ruled Health Canada wholly disregarded legal arguments that Lance has a #CharterRight to #MedicalGrade psilocybin.

https://www.msn.com/en-ca/health/other/suicide-headache-patient-granted-magic-mushroom-access-after-health-canada-u-turn/ar-BB1o4SB6

#PeopleWithDisabilities #HumanRights #DisabledCanadians #Legal #CDNpoli #Law

"#Delays in both cases highlights what a #criminologist says is a problem with the #police #oversight process.
“One of the problems that comes up again and again and again” is that police refuse to fully cooperate with the #IIO said Jeff Shantz, faculty member in criminology at #KwantlenPolytechnic #University . “The usual reason given is that it’s a #CharterRight , they have a right to not #incriminate themselves.”

https://vancouversun.com/news/local-news/families-of-men-who-died-after-police-encounters-still-searching-for-answers-years-after-their-deaths/wcm/1b68ac9c-0c12-4d35-a3f0-92512ad5780b/amp/

#Vancouver #BritishColumbia #CriminalCops #ACAB