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Harm Reduction Journal BioMed Central Research Open Access Regulating compassion: an overview of Canadas federal medical cannabis policy and practice Philippe G Lucas1,2,3,4,5 1 2 Address: Vancouver Island Compassion Society. 130-20 17a Cadboro Bay Rd. Victoria, BC, Canada, Studies in Policy and Practice, Faculty of Human and Social Development, University of Victoria, PO Box 1700, Stn, CSC 3800 Finnerty Road, Victoria, BC V8W 2Y2, Canada, 3Center for Addictions Research of British Columbia, University of Victoria. PO Box 1700 STN CSC, Victoria BC, V8W 2Y2, Canada, 4Canadians for Safe Access. 130-2017a Cadboro Bay Rd. Victoria, BC, Canada, DrugSense, 14252 Culver Drive #328, Irvine, 92604-0326, Canada and 5 1104 Topaz Ave, Victoria, BC, V8T 2M7, Canada Email: Philippe G Lucas - phil@ Published: 28 January 2008 Received: 22 November 2007 Accepted: 28 January 2008 Harm Reduction Journal 2008, 5:5 doi:10.1186/1477-7517-5-5 This article is available from: /content/5/1/5 © 2008 Lucas; licensee BioMed Central Ltd. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (/licenses/by/2.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. Abstract Background: In response to a number of court challenges brought forth by Canadian patients who demonstrated that they benefited from the use of medicinal cannabis but remained