Court allows patients to grow their own cannabis
Seriously ill patients will be allowed to grow their own cannabis at home for medicinal purposes, a German court ruled
The Local (Germany)
Tuesday, July 22, 2014
Tuesday, July 22, 2014
When no alternative treatment to cannabis exists and buying the drug in a pharmacy is too expensive, home cultivation can take place, the Cologne Administrative Court decided. The hearing, which was first brought two weeks ago, centred on five middle-aged men who were prescribed the drug by doctors when all other treatments failed. The court rejected two of the five cases, but said the other three should be allowed to grow their own cannabis. It said applications to grow the drug should be reviewed on a "case-by-case" basis. (See also: Schmerztherapie: Gericht erlaubt Schwerkranken Cannabis-Anbau)
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