MEDICINAL CANNABIS Archives - Irish Indian Chronicle

Ava Barry, the daughter of medicinal cannabis campaigner Vera Twomey, dies aged 13

May 28, 2023

Ava Barry, a little girl with an unusual form of epilepsy, passed away. Her mother had fought fiercely to get her a permission to use cannabis for medical purposes. She was 13 years old. Vera Twomey, Ava’s mother, caught the attention of the country with her two-and-a-half year fight to get medical cannabis for her … Read more

First ever legal medicinal cannabis in Ireland will be available from October

September 30, 2021

The first ever legal medicinal cannabis in Ireland will be available for patients from October, confirmed the HSE. The medicine known as CannEpil will be provided through the HSE systems as part of its Medical Cannabis Access Programme (MCAP). The attempts to legalise medicinal cannabis in Ireland was started by the Department of Health in … Read more

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