A Supreme Court of Canada ruling that someone too impaired by drugs to be capable of self-control isn’t criminally guilty has caused mixed reactions and a call for new legislation by some.
The Supreme Court of Canada (SCC) ruling of R. v. Brown concerned a former Calgary university student who, at a party in Calgary in January 2018, drank alcohol and consumed “magic mushrooms,” which contain a drug that can cause hallucinations. Around 3:45 a.m., while naked, Matthew Winston Brown broke into a nearby home where he violently attacked a woman and left her with permanent injuries.
