The Oireachtas Health Committee has recently proposed that all medicinal cannabis should be free of charge to the Irish public once it is fully legalised later this year.
The committee’s recommendation comes after the Dáil unanimously passed a new Bill before Christmas that will medicinal cannabis being made legal in Ireland this April.
Speaking before the Seanad today the health committee suggested that certain cannabidiol products, such as Charlotte’s Web and Epidiolex, should made available free of charge to patients as the drugs are relatively cost effective.
Although, the committee strongly agreed that any cannabidiol product should be approved by the Health Products Regulatory Authority (HPRA), before they are made available to patients.
