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UK Scotland:Nicola Sturgeon backs cannabis for medicinal use

Kieran Andrews

The Courier

Tuesday 03 May 2016

Nicola Sturgeon has said she would back decriminalising cannabis for medicinal use.

The First Minister said there was a “specific case” for relaxing the laws to treat people with conditions such as multiple sclerosis but reaction to her announcement split an audience of around 150 activists in Dundee’s Queen’s Hotel.

A wide range of topics were covered in the hour long question and answer session, with the SNP leader making a firm commitment to building a trauma centre in Dundee and saying she would “love” to implement Frank’s Law, although she stopped short of committing herself to a fairer care system.

On drugs policy, she said: “Cannabis is not a harmless substance. I am not in favour of general decriminalisation but I do think there is a specific case for medicinal use.”

Ms Sturgeon cited Sativex, the first cannabis-based medicine to be licensed in the UK which can prescribed for the treatment for MS, in her answer.

Decisions over decriminalising drugs for medicinal purposes are currently reserved to Westminster but former justice secretary Kenny MacAskill last year suggested that he would be in favour of relaxing the laws around possession of specific substances.

https://www.thecourier.co.uk/fp/news/politics/scottish-politics/166445/exclusive-nicola-sturgeon-backs-cannabis-medicinal-use/

 

 

 

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