Saskatchewan woman sues her dealer

This quite a strange story, and one I'm not really very happy about.

A Canadian woman has successfully sued the dealer who sold her an illegal street drug that put her in a coma.

Sandra Bergen, 23, suffered a heart attack and spent 11 days in a coma after taking crystal methamphetamine.

Ms Bergen said Clinton Davey had known the drug was highly addictive and dangerous but sold it to make money.

Ms Bergen is seeking $50,000 (£25,000) in compensation. A date for a hearing to determine damages has not been set.

"I sued him for negligence... for selling me drugs and getting me hooked when I was vulnerable," Ms Bergen told the French news agency AFP.

While I feel for Ms Bergen, I do not think she should be able to sue. I agree with the dealer, immoral though he might be - she voluntarily took the drug. This would in fact have likely been accepted by the judge as a defence, if not for the fact that the dealer was unwilling to give up his source.

I do think dealers should be held to an ethical standard, but in order to uphold this standard in court there must be government regulations for the court to refer to.