The Ukrainian Association of Medical Cannabis nongovernmental organization has sent an electronic petition to the Verkhovna Rada seeking to legalize cannabis for the scientific and medical purposes.
Activists are demanding to legally regulate patients’ access to cannabis drugs in the treatment of chronic pain, epilepsy, anorexia, post-traumatic syndrome, immune system diseases, arthritis and rheumatism, asthma, Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s diseases, degenerative chorea, herpes, ulcers, AIDS weight loss, diabetic neuropathy, various forms of sclerosis and other serious diseases.
According to the petition, the text of which is posted on the website of the parliament on Wednesday, the use of drugs based on cannabis is regulated by the laws in Canada, the United States, Australia and EU member states.
To date, the petition has collected about 200 signatures.
In Ukraine, the use of medical cannabis is prohibited.
