As the measure enters Parliament, the Ukrainian Minister of Health says the government aims to authorize medical marijuana.
Even though the nation is embroiled in war, the administration has forwarded a medicinal cannabis law for approval, according to a June 7 Facebook post by Ukraine’s Health Minister Viktor Liashko. The Cabinet of Ministers accepted a draft measure, which now goes to the Ukrainian Parliament for ratification.
We are aware of how the war has harmed the mental health camp, Liashko stated. “We are aware of the amount of people who will need medical care right up until death.”
According to the Kyiv Post, a draft bill for 2021 has been revised, and the government plans to move through with the legalization of medical cannabis. And we realize there isn’t time for a check, he continued.
Cannabis drugs are not ‘competitors’ with other drugs, and there are entirely different regulations in place to control their distribution. According to Liashko, medical cannabis contains cannabidiol, which doesn’t have a strong psychoactive impact, making it unsuitable for recreational usage.
A measure would strictly regulate the manufacturing, marketing, and cultivation of medical cannabis products, as well as the issuance of permits and licenses for scientific study and cultivation. In order to provide information for all phases of product circulation, it would also offer a medicinal cannabis tracking system.
In addition, the legislator had prepared us for a new cycle of cannabis-based preparatory production in Ukraine, from the development of such processing to complete production, Liashko said.
In the midst of the conflict in Ukraine, cannabis companies in the United States are stepping up their efforts. United States Special Operations Soldiers (Marine Raiders) formed the Helmand Valley Growers Company (HVGC), which places a strong emphasis on helping veterans (as well as civilians) who are struggling with PTSD. In addition to flower and cartridges, they also offer 100% live resin.
In order to aid Ukraine and Battle Brothers, a 501c3 nonprofit that empowers soldiers, HVGC developed the Chillum initiative in April of last year. Proceeds from the program will go toward researching how cannabis might assist military veterans with PTSD. With a renewed focus on doing what they can for Ukraine, that initiative is coming to an end.
According to HVGC President and CEO Bryan Buckley, “we’re aiming to create Chillums and support a group named The Mozart Group over this summer.” They are currently in Kiev. I used to be a Marine Raider, and here is my previous regimental commander. The man is called Andrew Millburn. About 100 ex-special operations from the United States, United Kingdom, and Australia are educating Ukrainians in medical and military techniques.
Buckley continues, “This is going to rage for a long time.” The retired Colonel Milburn claimed that the Russians are “worse than ISIS” in conversation.
The moment has come to pass medicinal cannabis legislation since PTSD affects people of all backgrounds in Ukraine.
A draft law “on regulating the circulation of cannabis plants for medical, industrial, scientific, and scientific-technical activities to create the conditions for expanding the access of patients to the necessary treatment of cancer and post-traumatic stress disorder resulting from war” was approved by the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine on June 7.
The law would support study on the plant and broaden medical services to include medical cannabis. With more than 50 qualifying ailments, including post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), HIV, cancer, neurological disorders, and neuropathic pain, it would increase patient access to cannabis. On the list are multiple sclerosis, epilepsy, glaucoma, psoriasis, Parkinson’s disease, and glaucoma.
The Health Minister agreed that cannabis cannot be regulated in the same way as pharmaceuticals but yet stated that medical cannabis will be available with prescriptions or electronic prescriptions. He also debunked a few CBD-related fallacies.
Liashko appeared to compare those who reject medical cannabis to those who reject the advantages of yoga, which are now widely acknowledged to be supported by scientific research. He might be on to something.
“Communication efforts against drug misuse in cannabis have been demonstrated to reject the faces on the basis of yoga and cannabis, which are used illegally, using the strategy of dismissing the value of yoga as a medical science and disparaging the whole idea of yoga medicine,” says one expert.
The measure would require businesses, institutions, and other entities to undergo laboratory testing in order for a central executive body to determine the amount of THC in cannabis.
According to a tweet from Ukrainian Congresswoman Kira Rudik, the Holos Party was the party that started the country’s medical marijuana campaign in 2019.
The bill must now receive at least 226 votes in the Ukrainian Parliament to pass. On July 13, 2021, the Ukrainian Parliament failed to pass a draft medical cannabis law, bill No. 5596, and it was brought back for modifications.
On July 13, 2021, protesters from Patients of Ukraine and other organizations gathered outside the Ukrainian Parliament to call for the passage of bill No. 5596, which would have legalized the use of medical marijuana there. On that day, the bill was discussed in Parliament, but MPs did not give it the necessary consent.
