Elected officials and doctors demand the legalization of cannabis for medical use

Several elected PS, LREM, EELV and doctors demand the legalization in France of cannabis for "therapeutic use", which could, according to them, soothe the suffering of 300,000 patients, in a published forum Sunday by Le Parisien .

Producing therapeutic cannabis in France "is no longer an option but a necessity"

"Producing cannabis for therapeutic use in France is no longer an option option but a necessity ", say these doctors and elected officials, among whom are Senator PS Rachid Témal, Mayor PS of Strasbourg Roland Ries, LREM deputies Sonia Krimi, Jean-Baptiste Moreau, and Florent Boudié, Mayor EELV of Grenoble Eric Piolle and the Mayor EELV of the Second Arrondissement of Paris, Jacques Boutault

"Why maintain the seal of the prohibition and the legislative and regulatory arsenal that accompanies it with regard to more than 300,000 patients who could soothe their suffering differently? They ask, recalling that 33 countries have partially or completely legalized cannabis for medical use.

"The effectiveness of the product in the management of chronic pain"

These elected representatives and doctors argue " effectiveness of the product in the management of chronic pain, physical disorders caused by chemotherapy and muscle spasms related to multiple sclerosis "and stress that its" mode of action and (its) mode of administration such as Vaporization has almost no side effects. "

They also see the potential emergence of" a promising economic pathway "with" direct and induced job creation. "

Agnès Minister of Health Buzyn is against the legalization of cannabis use. "A cannabis cigarette has exactly the same toxicity as a tobacco cigarette in terms of lung diseases" and cancer risks, she told LCI on July 4, also referring to "cognitive disorders" that cause young people with learning difficulties

But, she told RTL on June 17, "we can have a therapeutic exception when it comes to relieving people for whom we do not have drugs."

On the public side, according to an Ifop survey for Echo Citoyen and Terra Nova, published on June 11, the French are increasingly in favor of a "controlled" authorization of cannabis and favor therapeutic cannabis.