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Justice Catherine Murray of the British Columbia Supreme Court certainly thinks a lot of herself.

LILLEY: B.C. judge's dangerous drug delusion Back to video

In a decision released this week, Justice Murray essentially installed herself as a one-woman Parliament based on her expertise in criminal justice policy, drug policy, social policy and health policy.

Her decision, which must be appealed and overturned by a more sensible court, guts Canada’s drug laws and invites absolute chaos on the misguided notion of compassion and harm reduction.

Murray declared that Section 5(2) of the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act is invalid. This is the section that states that “No person shall, for the purpose of trafficking, possess a substance” and then details a long list of drugs such as opium, cocaine, heroin, methamphetamine and more.

The case before Justice Murray was a Charter challenge to the conviction of the Vancouver duo of Jeremy Kalicum and Eris Nyx, founders of a group called the Drug Users Liberation Front.

This duo sourced heroin, cocaine and methamphetamine and then distributed it, claiming it was to provide a safer supply. They did this........

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