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Spain legalizing Medical Marijuana
By Hempology | March 7, 2002
WeBeHigh has posted an article that says that All five political parties in the Catalan
parliament in Spain have signed a proposal to legalise the use of cannabis for therapeutic purposes.
“The agreement asks the Catalan government to negotiate with the Spanish
authorities so that
cannabis-either as a drug or as a standardised
extract of the plant–may be used to treat
medical disorders. Once the bill is approved in
the Catalan parliament, it may be submitted to
the Spanish parliament for discussion and eventual voting. The initiative came from
a
collective of 300 women with breast cancer called
the “Agata group” ( after Saint Agata, who had
her breasts removed under torture ) and from a
journalist, Nuria Nogueras, who recently died of
the disease and who found the drug helpful during
chemotherapy. Since last September, the Agata
collective has held meetings with representatives
of the five Catalan parties, as well as with the
Catalan health department and oncologists and pharmacologists.”
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