Cannabis for Medicinal Use
Dail Éireann — 2024-05-02
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Gino Kenny (PBP), Dublin Mid-West

The concept of the medical cannabis access programme is a good idea, because the licensed system is very bureaucratic and, in some instances, archaic. Since the inception of MCAP, only 55 people have got access. That is a tiny number of people given that the legislation was introduced in 2019 and the access programme in 2021. The HRB report says there is significant evidence of good efficacy of medical cannabis for neuropathic pain. The programme must expand, otherwise, it will become redundant. If that happens, people will either go to the black market or go without. There is a huge amount of frustration with the limitations of the programme thus far.

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Sitting date: 2024-05-02