Last chance for Spain to legalise medicinal cannabisThose in favour argue that patients in Spain should be in the hands of doctors rather than drug dealersAfter a debate that has seemingly raged on for years, supporters are making a last-ditch attempt to the Health and Consumption Commission in Spain to legalise medicinal cannabis for therapeutic use . Experts are meeting to discuss the proposal this week but if the legislature expires before an agreement is reached, the entire process will have to begin again from scratch. No fewer than 47 countries have already legalised the substance and since the WHO removed cannabis from the classification of the most dangerous narcotic drugs, 90% of Spaniards support the legalisation of marijuana for therapeutic purposes. “Patients have to be in the hands of the State and the doctors, not the drug traffickers,” the president of the Spanish Observatory of Medicinal Cannabis (OECM), Carola Perez, announced, highlighting that more than 300,000 patients could benefit enormously from its use. In the event that the legislation is finally passed, the Government lawyer has called for "ways to fit the prescription and dispensing to patients who can benefit from cannabis” and to protect other vulnerable groups.

Source: Libya Today May 10, 2022 18:23 UTC