Du cannabis destiné à un usage médical

Le ministre irlandais de la santé a publié un recueil sur le cannabis médical, à l’attention des médecins et des patients. Pour en savoir plus, en anglais, veuillez lire les informations ci-dessous.

By Minister for Health of Ireland, Simon Harris

The Minister for Health Simon Harris on Tuesday published a new online repository of information on medical cannabis on the Department of Health’s website. The repository provides detailed information for doctors and patients on the existing Ministerial medical cannabis licence scheme, the Medical Cannabis Access Programme currently under development, and relevant legal and policy overviews on wider medical cannabis issues.

The following information is for healthcare professionals, patients and others who are interested in finding out more about cannabis for medical use. It will discuss current and proposed access to potential cannabis treatment and describe the legal and policy status of cannabis. It also describes the Minister for Health’s role in relation to access to cannabis for medical use, as provided for in the Misuse of Drugs Acts 1977-2016 and in line with expert clinical and scientific advice. Cannabis and cannabis-based products which do not have a marketing authorisation are not medicines as defined under national and European legislation. As such, they are not subject to the same rigorous safety, quality and efficacy standards that are in place for medicines, nor are the producers subject to the same responsibilities as the marketing authorisation holders for authorised medicines. This document refers only to cannabis for medical use. Other matters related to cannabis including recreational use, decriminalisation, non-medical research, manufacturing, growing/producing cannabis or any other cannabis-related matters should be considered separate and distinct from the information below.