Thursday 24 November 2016

Medicinal Cannabis - Review

Simon Harris pledges to take action on Medicinal Cannabis

Minister makes promise to mother of child, with catastrophic form of epilepsy.

Buds of cannabis at a a medical marijuana dispensary in Oakland, California, US. Minister for Health Simon Harris has promised he will take action on the use of cannabis for medicinal purposes. File photograph: Jim Wilson/The New York Times

The Minister made the promise to Vera Twomey after she embarked on a walk from County Cork to Leinster House, in order to draw attention to this issue.
Her six year old daughter, Ava Barry, has a catastrophic form of epilepsy but is now almost seizure free after she started taking two doses of Cannabis Oil a day.
Ava suffers from Dravet Syndrome and needed around - the - clock care before she started taking Cannabidiol Oil earlier this month. Ms. Twomey is calling for a change to Irish law to allow for Cannabis to be used for medicinal purposes.

Cannabis for medicinal purposes is legal in a number of countries including The Netherlands, The Czech Republic, Canada, Australia, Malta, Croatia and some US states. It is usually made available on prescription from doctors and supplied in a standardised form through pharmacies.
Mr. Harris said that the government had ordered a review of the Republic's policy on Medicinal Cannabis.










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