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Cannabis-based medicines may be legalised

The Department of Health is planning to make cannabis-containing products available to people suffering from certain serious medical conditions.

Minister of State at the Department of Health Kathleen Lynch, in a Dail reply, said her Department was examining the issues associated with allowing cannabis-containing products to be used under controlled circumstances for patients with specific conditions, in the same way as otherwise illegal drugs such as morphine and methadone are currently used.

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Source: Irish Health, 19/02/2012

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