Falling to growing public demands to left ban on the cannabis use for medicinal purposes, Ireland is embarking on cannabis legalization.
Irish
legislators approved a bill seeking legalization of cannabis for medicinal use
after government decided not to oppose the move.
The
bill would allow patients suffering from serious illnesses like cancer,
multiple sclerosis, fibromyalgia and chronic pain to use cannabis products to
alleviate their symptoms.
If
it is finalized it would empower doctors to decide the drug for their patients treatment,
People Before Profit TD Gino Kenny,
a sponsor of the bill said. Ireland’s lower house approved the bill without
voting.
This move by Irish legislators is seen as a
part of world-wide trend to make marijuana legal for medical use. In UK, an
underground industry is flourishing, according to independent. Defying a risk
of years of prison, cannabis growers give away thousands of pounds worth of the
drug to people who are suffering from different conditions.
In UK cannabis is a Class B drug, its
possession is punishable five years in prison. While those caught delivering it
can receive a 14-years sentence.
This legislation bill is now passed on to a committee
where regulators will consider the scientific and clinical value of cannabis as
a medicine.
Ireland’s health minister, Simon Harris, told
changes would be made to the bill to avoid making drug legal for recreational
purpose.
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