Majority of Irish GPs Support Medicinal Cannabis
The Irish College of General Practitioners says efforts to legalise cannabis for therapeutic use could begin within 12 - 24 months.
A new survey has found a substantial majority of Irish family doctors support the legalisation of cannabis for medicinal use.
However, according to the same survey, more than half of Irish GPs do not support the decriminalisation of the drug for recreational use.
Over 60% of the doctors surveyed agreed that cannabis can have a role in palliative care, pain management and the treatment of multiple sclerosis (MS) - with 58.6% coming out in support of the legalisation of the drug for medicinal use.
Dr Des Crowley from the Irish College of General Practitioners said he believes efforts to legalise the drug for therapeutic use could get underway within the next two years.
“I think that we will see it probably in the next 12 to 24 months,” he...
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