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COURTENAY -- The operators of a North Island compassion club put BC's Supreme Court on notice today saying they'll be challenging Canada's medical marijuana laws because they are unconstitutional.

Lawyer Kirk Tousaw was in Courtenay representing his client, Ernest Yacub, appearing on charges of possessing marijuana for the purposes of trafficking. Yacub had been running the compassion club out of his rental home in Courtenay for seven years before RCMP raided it twice last year.

Tousaw told members of the media that the club is for medical cannabis consumers with serious medical conditions. He said under the Canadian Charter, people are entitled to possess the medicine and to have access to it from a safe and effective source.

Yacub pleaded not guilty to the two counts against him. The next court appearance on the matter is scheduled for August 23rd.