Jim Wakeford

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Jim Wakeford (born 1944 Regina, Saskatchewan) is a well-known medical marijuana advocate based in Toronto, Canada. In 1989 Wakford was diagnosed with the HIV virus. The medicines used to treat his illness made him nauseous and inhibited his appetite. Wakford credits marijuana with helping treat the side effects of the medications used to keep him alive. Wakford and his lawyer Alan Young challenged the Ontario Court's General Division for denying him, and other medical marijuana users, the right to use the drug. The Harvard paleontologist Stephen Jay Gould assisted Wakford by testifying in the case, arguing that the illicit substance proved invaluable in treating the side effects of his cancer treatments. On September 7, 1998 Wakeford's suit against the government was dismissed. The Judged ruled it was up to Parliament to overturn the law.

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