Ukraine is legalizing medicinal hashish to deal with psychological trauma and stress-related illnesses brought on by Russia’s struggle.
Parliament accepted a invoice on Thursday that may permit marijuana for use for the “obligatory remedy of oncological illnesses and post-traumatic stress problems.”
Some parliament members had been lacking or absent, per the depend.
The proposal was debated and reviewed for over a yr after its introduction on June 10, 2022, with about 800 modification submissions since.
President Volodymyr Zelenskyy now should signal the invoice for it to return into impact, and lawmakers estimate sufferers can begin receiving prescriptions within the second half of 2024.
Zelenskyy threw his assist behind the push for legalization in an deal with to the nation on June 28.
“All of the world’s greatest practices, all the best insurance policies, all of the options, irrespective of how tough or uncommon they might appear to us, should be utilized in Ukraine in order that Ukrainians, all our residents, wouldn’t have to endure the ache, stress, and trauma of struggle,” Zelenskyy had mentioned.
Underneath the brand new regulation, medical doctors can prescribe hashish or medicine with cannabinoids, and entrepreneurs can get hold of a license to develop hemp vegetation.
Nonetheless, these companies can be topic to 24-hour video surveillance with entry given to the Nationwide Police.
Sufferers with hashish prescriptions may also be permitted to enter or depart Ukraine with small quantities of the medicine.
The Well being Ministry will decide particulars on the particular situations and medicines permitted below the brand new regulation, the parliament web site mentioned.
Notably, it is nonetheless against the law in Ukraine to distribute marijuana for leisure use. Nonetheless, assist for medicinal marijuana in Ukraine’s authorities has grown because the struggle progressed.
Maria Mezentseva, Ukrainian MP and deputy head of the committee overseeing Ukraine’s bid to hitch the European Union, mentioned greater than 70% of individuals within the nation supported legalizing hashish for medical use.
Greater than 6 million sufferers, together with civilians, troopers, and most cancers sufferers, require medicines that use hashish, Mezentseva mentioned in an announcement.
Medicinal marijuana has been progressively accepted amongst numerous governments all over the world. Within the US, 38 states have legalized its use.
