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Europe: Citizens’ initiative to improve access to medical use of cannabis

Europe: Citizens’ initiative to improve access to medical use of cannabis

14 th March 2024

 

The European Commission has approved the registration of a multinational initiative to promote access to medical use of cannabis and encourage research into the plant’s therapeutic potency. That means signature collection can start. Petitioners have six months to launch the initiative and must then collect one million signatures from at least seven member states within a year to force the European Union to consider the proposal.

One objective asks the commission to “promote access to medicinal cannabis and allow the transport of cannabis and its derivatives prescribed for therapeutic purposes to ensure the full enjoyment of the right to health”. Another objective asks the EU to “allocate the necessary funds for research on cannabis for therapeutic purposes”.

European Commission of 6 February 2024

Partner organisation of PGMCG

Marian Hutten, president and founder of PGMCG

Nominated as Patient Ambassador of the IACM 2018-2023

Dutch Patient delegate and translator of the IACM
The International Association for Cannabinoid Medicines
CannabisMedOrg
Bonn, Germany

 

Also read: (dutch)

 

Europa: Burgerinitiatief voor de verbetering van de toegang tot het medicinale gebruik van cannabis