'EU Cannabis Rules Can Be Changed Quickly', says German Health Minister
Germany's plans to implement wider-scale access to safe cannabis supplies by legalising cannabis for medical use can happen quickly under EU law according to a member of the German government.
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It is news which will inspire UK medical cannabis advocates who have long tried to engage the British government in talks regarding the legal status of cannabis for medicinal use, only to be ignored at every turn, criminalising tens of thousands of UK patients who are forced to seek illegal sources, in the process.
Health Minister Philipp Roesler told German news agency Deutsche Welle , "The plan could be carried out by a simple change in the ministry's policy, and that no change in German law was necessary."
Many health professionals consider cannabis useful for the relief of nausea and the stimulation of appetite in chemotherapy or AIDS patients, as well as for general pain relief.
But medical marijuana has been effectively illegal in Germany for decades, with only 40 patients in the entire country ever having obtained cannabis prescriptions, and only then under certain circumstances.
Health professionals and advocates for the seriously ill welcomed the change, with Eugen Brysch of the German Hospice Foundation saying cannabis can play 'an important role' in the treatment of the critically ill."
According to Gerhard Mueller-Schwefe, president of the German Society for Pain Therapy, "The policy change would open up new drug therapy options for patients with chronic pain diseases like multiple sclerosis, and that it's time to bring cannabis out from the shadows."
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