Parliament legalizes medical cannabis
Kyiv • UNN
Ukraine's parliament has passed a bill regulating the use of cannabis for medical purposes, with strict controls on production and police oversight of non-medical distribution. Medicines will require electronic prescriptions and will become available in the second half of 2024.
The Verkhovna Rada has passed in the second reading a bill on medical cannabis (No. 7457), MP Yaroslav Zheleznyak said on Thursday in Telegram, UNN reports.
The Parliament passed the draft law on medical cannabis #7457 in the second reading. In favor - 248
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According to the MP, the draft law regulates the circulation of cannabis only in medical, industrial, and scientific activities.
"The distribution of marijuana for recreational use will continue to be considered a crime and will be investigated by the police in accordance with the law," the MP emphasized.
According to Zheleznyak, the production of medicines will be strictly controlled at all stages. "Only legal entities that obtain the appropriate license and GMP certificate will be able to grow under round-the-clock video surveillance with access for the National Police. Each bush will be individually coded to track the movement of plants to the patient," he said.
According to the MP, medicinal cannabis-based drugs will be available only with an electronic prescription. This prescription will be issued by a doctor according to the patient's condition, as is currently the case with morphine.
The law comes into force six months after its publication.
"So this is somewhere in the second half of 2024," he said.
