The government is open to making cannabis legal for medicinal purposes following an evaluation of all the international research, minister for community, equality and Gaeltacht affairs Pat Carey has said.
Three weeks ago, Carey, who has special responsibility for the National Drug Strategy, met with a constituent and medicinal cannabis activist, Gordon McArdle, who submitted 'The Compassionate Use of Medical Cannabis Act 2010'.
McArdle was a medicinal cannabis patient when he lived in the US as he suffers from post-traumatic stress disorder, and previously owned a medical cannabis dispensary in California.
Source: Ali Bracken, The Sunday Tribune, 11/10/2010
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