Cannabis, the UN recognizes it as a therapeutic substance



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For 13 years, the use of medicinal cannabis has been allowed in our country if there is a regular medical prescription, but very often the need is greater than the production and import of the drug. A phenomenon that, linked to the lack of information in this regard, It makes the provision of therapy by patients cumbersome and complex. who very often are forced to take measures such as self-production.

Second to the report Estimated World Requirements of Narcotic Drugs 2020 dell’International Narcotics Control Board, Italy needs 1,950 kg of medical cannabis per year. In response to this request, based on what was published on the website of the Ministry of Health, the Florence Military Pharmaceutical Chemical Plant, in 2019, has distributed cannabis for only 157 kg to pharmacies. The Italian state, to respond to domestic demand, had to buy 252 kg of imported products from Holland.

Among many, the case of Walter De Benedetto – patient suffering from disabling neurodegenerative disease who takes medical cannabis to counteract this pathology – is based on the eyes of the news after the patient, investigated by cultivation of narcotics in competition since he could not obtain the medicine despite the regular prescription, thanks to the support of the Better Legal campaign, he appealed to the President of the Republic Sergio Mattarella request that the right to treatment be respected.



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