Medicinal cannabis campaigner Vera Twomey has said that she was “devastated” to read the comments of doctors in Monday’s Irish Times who criticised “the one sided debate on cannabis”. She said she had to fight for two years to get medicinal cannabis for her daughter Ava Barry who has severe epilepsy. People Before Profit TD Gino Kenny, who drafted the Cannabis for Medicinal Use Bill, described the letter from the doctors as “extraordinary” and said that some of the language used was “an insult for people campaigning for access to medicinal cannabis”. In The Irish Times on Monday Dr Ray Walley, a GP in Dublin’s north inner city, said: “I’m concerned about the dishonest debate out there. Some of this stuff (in the letter) is highly charged.”He said he agreed with concern expressed about corporations getting involved in the production and sale of medicinal cannabis.

Source: The Irish Times May 20, 2019 10:18 UTC