Charter challenges to prohibitions with respect to marijuana by those using the substance for therapeutic purposes have met with some success. In Wakeford v. Canada (1998),[9] a person suffering from AIDS and using marijuana to fight nausea and loss of appetite, which were side-effects of the drugs he was taking to fight AIDS, sought a constitutional exemption from the prohibitions with respect to marijuana in the CDSA.
Dans Wakeford c. Canada (1998),[9] une personne atteinte du SIDA qui consommait de la marijuana pour combattre ses nausées et sa perte d’appétit, effets secondaires des médicaments qu’elle prenait contre le SIDA, a demandé une exemption constitutionnelle à l’interdiction entourant la marijuana dans la Loi réglementant certaines drogues et autres substances.