Canadian Press NewsAlert: Court grants injunction for medical marijuana patients

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Sandy Daviau tends to a cannabis plant at his outdoor garden in south-west Quebec on Oct. 8, 2013. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Justin Tang

VANCOUVER – A Federal Court judge says patients who are currently licenced to grow their own medical marijuana will be allowed to continue producing the drug when new regulations take effect on April 1.

A group of patients asked the court for a temporary injunction while they sue the federal government over the new regulations, which restrict medical marijuana production to licenced commercial producers.

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