Health Minister supports legal medicinal cannabis

Friday, 6 November 2015 00:00

Why do we need to decriminalise cannabis to recognise its medicinal qualities?

That's the question posed by the Health and Social Care Minister who's responded after the issue sparked a debate in the House of Keys.

Qualified chemist, and Speaker of the House, Steve Rodan agrees - he says self-medicating is unwise, but it makes sense to extract benefit from the drug.

Drugs with cannabinoid ingredients are already available on prescription - Howard Quayle says his stance is clear:

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