Polish Bill to Legalize Medical Cannabis Reaches Parlimentary Committee
One result of the European Union’s policy of leaving domestic drug policy to individual member states is that each one chooses its own path to medical cannabis, creating a variety of different regulatory schemes across the continent. In Poland, the Parliament has begun debate on new legislation that would make cannabis available to tens of thousands of Poles with a wide range of health issues.
A parliamentary commission had its first meeting on the matter last month, a response to the tireless efforts of recently formed political movement Kukiz’15 as well as activists from the NGO Wolne Konopie (Free Cannabis Association) and the Coalition of Medical Marijuana, which consists of doctors, lawyers, patients, and patients’ families.
Kukiz’15 is a somewhat controversial political movement created and led by punk rock musician Pawel Kukiz. It currently occupies 36 seats in the Polish Sejm, the lower house of Parliament that consists of 460...
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