The European Parliament hosted a conference dedicated to medical cannabis

 

November 30 legislators from 11 countries of Europe gathered in the European Parliament (Brussels, Belgium) to participate in the conference "Application of medical cannabis / Status psychoactive hemp in Europe and the world."

 

The conference was organized coalition of Greens and socialist parties of Europe. Presiding at the event, the representative of Ireland De Barra Graham was elected (Graham De Barra), head of the "Help not harm» ( «Help not Harm») social organization. Statements were divided into two sessions, which have submitted their presentations of 14 speakers from Ireland, Greece, Belgium, France, Slovenia, the Czech Republic, Germany, Israel, Cyprus, and Spain.

 

In all appearances it was emphasized that the countries outside the European Union should pay particular attention to the change in the regulatory framework and carrying cannabis reform, otherwise Europe can permanently keep up with the processes that occur on the territory of North and South America. In addition, the Rapporteur notes that in the EU there is an acute shortage of medical personnel trained to work competently with psychoactive hemp. In particular, according to the speaker, one of the main objectives of the European Union, national governments, should be "to provide patients using psychoactive hemp for the treatment, quality, timely and qualified medical care, as well as the investment of considerable financial resources in clinical trials of the whole range of cannabis medicines."

 

Famous Belgian specialist treatment of cancer and diseases associated with chronic pain in his report stressed that the majority of doctors in Europe still do not know anything about the therapeutic properties of cannabis. In his words "European neurologists do not see cannabis drug. For the majority of medical personnel psychoactive hemp - is a drug. "

 

Bedridden doctor Franho Gottenhemen (Franjo Grotenhemen), who is chairman of the International Community of hemp medicine (International Association for cannabinoids in medicine) told the audience about the holding cannabis reform in Germany. Mr. Gottenhemen commented that "The executive power in Germany has already prepared amendments to the current legislation in the field of medical reform aimed at recognition, and further the use of medical cannabis. The federal government has helped to radically change their point of view on this issue a decree of the Supreme Court of the country. Hearing his ruling political forces of the country, to prevent this conduct cannabis reform, radically changed his point of view, in connection with what is now Germany, all major political forces support the process towards the legislative regulation of the possibility of using psychoactive cannabis for medical purposes. "

 

A number of speakers focused on the audience stories of sick people, health and life which could save Hemp therapy. Several presentations were devoted to the topic of profitability, as well as the profitability of the therapeutic use of cannabis for medical purposes.

 

Pharmacist from Israel Saul Kai (Saul Kaye) showed the audience a successful program spread of psychoactive hemp, existing on the territory of the "Promised Land." According to him, "For government officials in his country, in contrast to the views of their colleagues from other countries, the main issue is not whether or not to allow the patient to gain access to cannabis, and in what quantities and at what time the patient is in need of psychoactive hemp." This approach to psychoactive cannabis distribution system made it not only extremely effective and transparent, but also very competitive in the rapidly developing international medical cannabis market. Paying attention to the state on the wishes of patients in need of therapeutic cannabis, medical Israeli market has become a recognized world center for various kinds of know-how in the use of psychoactive hemp. Development and medicines Israeli specialists are in great demand in the international market, which enables the country to receive the income of hundreds of millions of dollars annually. According to Mr. Kay, the Israeli government agencies, it was decided to increase the aura of hemp market in the country and significantly reduce its growth constraints administrative barriers. "In Israel, therapeutic cannabis market at the moment brings to the state treasury about $ 200 million in the form of various taxes and fees. In this case it is in this market is not fierce competition, as the local market there is a limited number of these specialized structures. Due to gradual deregulation of the hemp market, during the 2017-2018 biennium. its profitability is dueand increase tenfold. At the same time, this model of local markets therapeutic cannabis observed practically wherever established appropriate regulatory framework ".

 

Vera Twomey from Ireland told the audience about the history of her little daughter, patients with rare form of epilepsy syndrome Draveta. Trying to overcome the persistent seizures, medical staff treated the baby 11 different types of drugs, but none of the proposed traditional medicine medication could not somehow have a positive impact on the little girl's attacks. "Ave put the diagnosis as early as 4 months of age. Almost from the first months of her life, doctors claimed that my daughter will never be able to move on their own, without the aid of a wheelchair. Finding an unconventional at the time in Ireland hemp therapy, I began to give her daughter hemp oil. Despite the desperate efforts of doctors forbid me hemp therapy, I saw positive changes in my child's health, so do not pay any attention to the opinion of the representatives of traditional medicine s. Ava learned to walk on their own only to three years, without any hospital and invalid wheelchairs. " Despite the fact that Ms. Toomey used only local cannabis extracts, the child's health has improved considerably, but when to treat Ava began to be used specifically by cannabidiol-rich extracts, almost all symptoms have disappeared. In September 2016, the authorities allowed the parents whose children are suffering from incurable diseases, to import hemp extracts, as an alternative to conventional therapy, which allowed Ms. Toomey rid of her baby from attacks. "By the beginning of October, about a month after the start of therapy, hemp, seizure frequency decreased by 90%. The child was completely different, and now she does not have to constantly be afraid or feel constantly tormented her pain ".

 

In closing remarks, MEP from Germany Stefan Eck (Stefan Eck) summarized the reports of all the speakers. In particular, he said, "More than five thousand years, humans have used psychoactive cannabis as a therapeutic agent. Despite the long period of its international ban, the plant returned to medicine in many countries as an effective medication. EU countries in these areas significantly lag behind America. We should at least admit to the level of the European Union, that hemp is a therapeutic rather than narcotic plants. The fact of criminalization of psychoactive hemp on a background of the full legality of a much more dangerous for the human organism tobacco or alcohol is illogical and unreasonable. "