Luxembourg legalises medical marijuana, but it's 'not solution to everything'
Luxembourg's Health Ministry, led by Lydia Mutsch, announced that a government bill legalising cannabis for medical use will soon come into force in a two-year pilot scheme.
09.11.2017
The Luxembourg Health Ministry led by Lydia Mutsch announced that a government bill legalising cannabis for medical use will soon
come into force.
The first steps will be to implement a two-year pilot
scheme, which will be held in cooperation with other ministries, the statement
made on Tuesday declared, but it came with a caution that it will not be used as
a solution or remedy for all illnesses.
During the scheme, the number of potentially beneficiary
patients, as well as prescription indications, will be evaluated. Amendments to
the 1973 law and to the Grand Ducal regulations for the sale of medicines and
the fight against drug dependence, will also be necessary.
Mutsch stressed that medical marijuana is "not the solution to
everything", adding that its benefits are currently known to help a series of
symptoms associated with different diseases.
Addressing the use of "other possible
applications" for the plant, "it is necessary to give science
time to do its work," the Ministry of Health said in a statement.