The congressional subcommittee on medical cannabis approves its use against pain in some diseasesNews telecinco
The subcommittee on cannabis medicine of the Congress of Deputies has given green light to a proposal to extend its use to the cancer pain and endometriosis under prescription made “exclusively by health professionals” and dispensed “preferably” in hospital pharmacies. The medicinal properties of cannabis have always been a subject of debate, to the point of knowing stories like that of a mother who told in a book that this substance saved her son with autism.
This is stated in the final report of the Proposal for Conclusions and Recommendations that the subcommittee has just voted on, to which Efe has had access, which has received the approval of the PSOE, United We Can, Citizens, PNV and PDeCATthe abstention of ERC and EH Bildu and the rejection of PP and Vox.
The proposal for the medicinal use of cannabis must pass another vote
In this way, the definitive proposal that still has to be voted on next week in the Health Commission goes through including cancer pain and endometriosis, while opening the door to “explore the alternative” of dispensing it in community pharmacies and to assess “the development of experimental projects when requested, such as flowering tops of cannabis (flowers) or with other preparations” available in EU countries.
The cannabis that saved a child with autism
The medicinal use of cannabis has always been at the center of the scientific, social and political debate, to the point of knowing stories like that of a mother who told in a book that the cannabisrecommended by a neurologistsaved the life of his son with autism.
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The son of Marie Myung-Ok Lee I suffered major crises because I couldn’t stand the intestinal pain I had anymore. She was nine years old and her situation was desperate. She woke up screaming and self-harmed. The boy tolerated more painkillers and no one knew how to treat him anymore. A neurologist opened an unexplored avenue for him: cannabis to treat pain. She assures in ‘The hero of the afternoon’ that this substance saved her son’s life.
Today J. is 21 years old and lives with his mother in New York, where recreational cannabis for adults is legal. Despite everything, she says that she is not an advocate of cannabis.
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